L.A. plans potentially disastrous switch to "electronic" voting
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/06/los-angeles-county-moves-to-open-source-voting-technology/
The county is also considering a number of customizable options to
bolster voter turnout, which has suffered in recent years. Along with
the new system, it plans to introduce a "poll pass," which allows
users to pre-mark their votes using their phone, tablet, or desktop
and scan them with a QR code at their polling place. Logan said the
new system is designed to let users vote anywhere in the county,
rather than at a designated polling station. He hopes to broaden the
7:00am to 8:00pm voting window to a multi-day "voting period," during
which a limited number of stations would be open prior to the
election. There's even talk of an electronic equivalent to absentee
voting--if and when the law permits.
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Open source is not a panacea. So much here and planned that could go
so very wrong. They never learn. Note the part about "electronic"
absentee voting. Given how large the absentee voter population is in
L.A., this almost certainly means the disaster of Internet voting.
--Lauren--
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