Australia government attacks researchers who reveal online election flaws
(EFF):
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/04/new-south-wales-attacks-researchers-who-warned-internet-voting-vulnerabilities
While moving to Internet voting may sound reasonable to folks who
haven't paid any attention to the rampant security problems of the
Internet these days, it's just not feasible now. As Verified Voting
notes: "Current systems lack auditability; there's no way to
independently confirm their correct functioning and that the outcomes
accurately reflect the will of the voters while maintaining voter
privacy and the secret ballot." Indeed, the researchers' discovery
was not the first indication that New South Wales was not ready for an
Internet voting system. Australia's own Joint Standing Committee on
Electoral Matters concluded last year, "Australia is not in a position
to introduce any large-scale system of electronic voting in the near
future without catastrophically compromising our electoral integrity."
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--Lauren--
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