On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am finding it fascinating too - not least because of the geographical > distribution of the participants in this thread. I can see postings (so > far) from people in Germany, India, USA and Kenya. Will folks from > Australia and Antarctica let us know what they feel about EVMs too? :) I'm in Australia, I have only a little to add over what JAP and EL have already said. I lean a little more to JAP's pragmatic approach that EVM is an improvement, but I share EL's concerns that EVM allows for the possibility of vote tampering on a scale not otherwise possible. As a once-upon-a-time hacker I would have to say that if I wanted to hack an election I'd much rather do it via subverting an electronic process than a physical one. I'd prefer to do it en-masse during the counting or reporting process. However that comes from a very first world viewpoint. If I wanted to hack a third world election, it wouldn't matter much to me if it were electronic or physical. I'd do it before the actual voting occurred. Australia keeps toying with electronic voting, but hasn't really gotten around to it yet. Maybe next time. I do like the fact that voting in Australia is by preference. -- Charles
