Ireland decides against e-voting for June elections

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Ireland Rejects E-Voting for Upcoming
Elections

Ireland Rejects E-Voting for Upcoming
Elections 04/30/2004 10:47 AM

E-voting may--or may not--fix elections

E-voting may--or may not--fix elections 05/20/2004 08:45 AM
ZDNet May 20 2004 1:14PM GMT

Ireland to scrap e-voting plan

Ireland to scrap e-voting plan 04/30/2004 10:50 AM
Accuracy and secrecy in question

Introduction of Electronic Voting to
Ireland

Introduction of Electronic Voting to
Ireland 02/10/2004 02:57 AM
European and local elections will be held in Ireland on Friday, June 11th 2004. These will be the first elections in which a system of electronic voting will be used across the whole country. The Government has already spent €10 million on not only preparation for the deployment of this system, one to which many people are now voicing their opposition, but also on an advertising campaign aimed at calming people's worries about the proposed change.

Ireland Realizes The Dangers Of Current
E-Voting Machines

Ireland Realizes The Dangers Of Current
E-Voting Machines 04/30/2004 12:16 PM
It looks like the message is finally getting out about the problems of current e-voting systems. As California is looking to get rid of the unreliable machines, Ireland is now making noises about banning the machines as well. It's not that anyone is against the idea of electronic voting - but that the current way it's implemented is dreadful and raises all sorts of questions about whether or not your vote is actually being counted. Apparently, in Ireland, the Prime Minister has been pushing for such electronic voting for a while, but a commission is now recommending not to use the machines in their current form.

Canada Prime Minister Calls June
Elections (AP)

Canada Prime Minister Calls June
Elections (AP) 05/24/2004 06:19 AM
AP - Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin, who took office when his predecessor retired, called general elections for June 28 in a bid to win his own mandate. But he could face a tough test with support for his Liberal Party hit by a patronage scandal.

Internet Voting System Set For Upcoming
Elections Not Secure, Computer Experts
Say

Internet Voting System Set For Upcoming
Elections Not Secure, Computer Experts
Say 01/23/2004 08:49 PM
Science Daily Jan 24 2004 0:41AM GMT

Voting Problems Strike Mozilla Firefox
1.0/US Presidential Elections Poll

Voting Problems Strike Mozilla Firefox
1.0/US Presidential Elections Poll 12/24/2004 01:15 PM

"I am of Ireland, and the Holy Land of
Ireland..."

"I am of Ireland, and the Holy Land of
Ireland..." 04/11/2004 07:39 PM
CELT, the Corpus of Electronic Texts, "brings the wealth of Irish literary and historical culture to the Internet, for the use and benefit of everyone worldwide. It has a searchable online database consisting of contemporary and historical texts from many areas, including literature and the other arts." It has texts in Irish, Latin, Anglo-Norman French, and English, ranging from the annals of the fifth century to the Agreeme nt reached in the Multi-Party Negotiations in Northern Ireland of 1998. "Great my glory/ I that bore Cuchulainn the valiant..."

Papal elections are more secure than US
elections

Papal elections are more secure than US
elections 04/14/2005 12:47 PM
Cory Doctorow: The process for electing a new Pope is amazingly baroque and weird. Bruce Schneier has posted a long and engrossing security analysis of how the election works and how its simple and ancient procedures (and the small number of participants) make it more secure than modern electronic voting systems:

How hard is this to hack? The first observation is that the system is entirely manual, making it immune to the sorts of technological attacks that make modern voting systems so risky. The second observation is that the small group of voters -- all of whom know each other -- makes it impossible for an outsider to affect the voting in any way. The chapel is cleared and locked before voting. No one is going to dress up as a cardinal and sneak into the Sistine Chapel. In effect, the voter verification process is about as perfect as you're ever going to find.

Eavesdropping on the process is certainly possible, although the rules explicitly state that the chapel is to be checked for recording and transmission devices "with the help of trustworthy individuals of proven technical ability." I read that the Vatican is worried about laser microphones, as there are windows near the chapel's roof.

That leaves us with insider attacks. Can a cardinal influence the election? Certainly the Scrutineers could potentially modify votes, but it's difficult. The counting is conducted in public, and there are multiple people checking every step. It's possible for the first Scrutineer, if he's good at sleight of hand, to swap one ballot paper for another before recording it. Or for the third Scrutineer to swap ballots during the counting process.

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Recent Forum Discussions (June 13 - June
19, 2005)

Recent Forum Discussions (June 13 - June
19, 2005) 06/22/2005 02:40 AM
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Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah
Marshall: June 13, 2004 - June 19, 2004
Archives

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah
Marshall: June 13, 2004 - June 19, 2004
Archives 06/17/2004 04:37 PM
Bush seeking political favors from the Vatican .. Josh at Talking Points Memo .. No, you can not

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Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah
Marshall: June 06, 2004 - June 12, 2004
Archives

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah
Marshall: June 06, 2004 - June 12, 2004
Archives 06/07/2004 05:12 PM
Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall: June 06, 2004 - June 12, 2004 Archives .. something big that Kevin didn't see .. Josh Marshall has more .. TPM

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Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah
Marshall: June 20, 2004 - June 26, 2004
Archives

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah
Marshall: June 20, 2004 - June 26, 2004
Archives 06/22/2004 04:37 AM
Ackerman reports that the anonymous intelligence agent doesn't think we can win a battle of ideas in the Muslim countries .. Here's a depressing article .. bloody-handed fantasist .. Click

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CMP decides it doesn't want readers

CMP decides it doesn't want readers 06/24/2004 02:49 PM
i'd love to hear the conversation at the meeting where this was decided

TransAct Decides Not to Act

TransAct Decides Not to Act 07/30/2004 10:15 AM
TransAct Technologies will not buy rival printer maker TPG.

Red Hat Decides To Do Its Own Press

Red Hat Decides To Do Its Own Press 01/22/2004 10:17 AM
Red Hat Inc. said it entered the publishing business on Wednesday, with plans to publish "Wide Open", a publication catering to open-source professionals.

GeorgeWBush.com :: Official Blog :: June
20, 2004 - June 26, 2004 Archive

GeorgeWBush.com :: Official Blog :: June
20, 2004 - June 26, 2004 Archive 06/25/2004 10:19 AM
Bush Campaign Web Ad: Kerry's Coalition Of The Wild-Eyed (Excellent) .. left is going bonkers .. Calm Optimism

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Who decides this election—you or Al
Gore?

Who decides this election—you or Al
Gore? 12/10/2003 06:51 AM
threat to Democracy .. valid criticism .. parallel .. SLATE .. it

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"WB decides it's time for 'Angel' to fly
away"

"WB decides it's time for 'Angel' to fly
away" 04/03/2005 08:14 AM

What's A Cable Modem, And Who Decides?

What's A Cable Modem, And Who Decides? 03/28/2005 12:56 PM
Forbes Mar 28 2005 5:22PM GMT

Cheflive Inc. decides to go the path of
IPO

Cheflive Inc. decides to go the path of
IPO 08/18/2004 03:31 AM
Cheflive Inc, a Las Vegas based digital media company with both a national internet presence as well as 2 local production studios near completion, has garnered a lot of interest from chefs and restaurateurs all over the country in recent weeks. [PRWEB Aug 18, 2004]

Intel decides two cores are better than
one

Intel decides two cores are better than
one 05/07/2004 07:19 PM
Intel Corp.'s decision to scrap its single-core processor road map in favor of chips with two cores will help the company improve the performance of its future chips without having to rely on a power-centric design, analysts said Friday.

AP Decides Car Shares Are News

AP Decides Car Shares Are News 01/01/2005 11:09 PM
The Associated Press story presents this as news - and the high tech way the vehicle validation and unlock are handled is news. But - car sharing has been going on for several years in Vancouver - and there are others around the world. Most are doing it in a co-operative structure rather than for profit (as the two companies in the story are). Advances Make Car-Sharing Easy BOSTON — When I moved to this…

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Office Of Education Decides To Retire
Old Mac

Office Of Education Decides To Retire
Old Mac 02/05/2005 09:39 PM

Only Mac enthusiasts can understand the heartache that accompanies the disposal of a treasure such as the Power Macintosh 8100. By Erin Mayes, Union Democrat

Duke Decides Against Another IPod
Giveaway

Duke Decides Against Another IPod
Giveaway 04/06/2005 11:23 PM
Red Nova Apr 7 2005 3:02AM GMT

Duke Decides Against Another IPod
Giveaway (AP)

Duke Decides Against Another IPod
Giveaway (AP) 04/06/2005 05:56 PM
AP - An iPod in every new student's hand? Not this year at Duke. The private university in Durham has decided not reprise last year's experimental mass handout to all incoming freshman of the pricey hard-disk portable digital players.

8 years ago: AOL decides to be a media
company

8 years ago: AOL decides to be a media
company 09/16/2004 04:54 PM
"People always look at us like we don't know what we're doing"

HP Decides On Anti-Consumer Strategy

HP Decides On Anti-Consumer Strategy 01/09/2004 09:50 PM
While most of the focus on HP today comes from the HPod/ iPod announcement, there were a few other interesting stories. I've been hearing from folks at CES that Carly Fiorina's keynote was a doozy, in that it lined up supporters from the music industry who spent all their time bashing kids downloading music. Reports are now coming out talking about HP's anti-consumer rights stance on these things. Once again, all of these features do not make things better for consumers - they just make things worse. At the same time, it will do nothing to slow down real piracy - as those folks will just get around the copy protection. So, what we're left with is an offering that is less friendly to consumers, more costly to HP (and, therefore, consumers), and does nothing to help anyone. The other "word from the floor" we heard at CES is that HP employees in the same room as the keynote even agreed that this policy was bad news, and were upset that their employer had decided to go with such an anti-consumer stance. Meanwhile, Tristan Lewis writes in to point out that the bigger news, buried in HP's announcements today is a bout their Lightscribe offering, which will let DVD and CD burners silkscreen images directly onto the CD. While I'm not sure I agree with Tristan's assessment that this is a bigger story than the iPod deal, it is a cool idea. Update: As pointed out in the comments, Tristan's description goes a bit further than the actual product: it doesn't actually do silkscreening, but creates "silkscreen quality labels".

Bryant Decides to Re - Sign With Lakers

Bryant Decides to Re - Sign With Lakers 07/15/2004 03:44 PM
Kobe Bryant's journey through free agency ended today where it began -- with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Bryant Decides to Re-Sign With Lakers
(AP)

Bryant Decides to Re-Sign With Lakers
(AP) 07/15/2004 03:23 PM
AP - Kobe Bryant's journey through free agency ended Thursday where it began — with the Los Angeles Lakers.

U.S. decides less is more in high-tech
debate

U.S. decides less is more in high-tech
debate 12/10/2003 11:34 AM
Reuters Dec 10 2003 10:38AM ET

Canada decides to revamp its Copyright
Act

Canada decides to revamp its Copyright
Act 04/14/2004 01:15 PM
Lobby Now! Alan McLeod, Canadian Lawyer, writes "Make sure you are heard as Canada decides to revamp its Copyright Act." He goes on to encourage Canadians to contact the Heritage Minister and weigh in as the Copyright rules in Canada may be about to change.

IETF Decides On SPF / Sender-ID issue

IETF Decides On SPF / Sender-ID issue 09/13/2004 11:05 AM
Slashdot Sep 13 2004 3:16PM GMT

What if Microsoft decides to go Open
Source?

What if Microsoft decides to go Open
Source? 03/20/2003 02:10 PM

Matthew Yglesias: June 20, 2004 - June
26, 2004 Archives

Matthew Yglesias: June 20, 2004 - June
26, 2004 Archives 06/23/2004 07:43 AM
Matthew Yglesias' mom passed on today at age 53 .. who lost his mother today .. died

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Reed Decides to Retire From Microsoft
Board

Reed Decides to Retire From Microsoft
Board 09/20/2004 09:30 PM
Microsoft Corp. today announced that Wm. G. Reed Jr., former chairman of Simpson Investment Company, has decided not to seek re-election to Microsoft’s board of directors at the company’s November shareholder meeting. Reed’s decision was prompted by his desire to begin limiting his business commitments and spending more time on personal matters. Reed joined the Microsoft board in October 1987.

I.B.M. Decides to Market A Blue Streak
of a Computer

I.B.M. Decides to Market A Blue Streak
of a Computer 06/20/2004 10:07 PM
I.B.M. intends to announce plans for a commercial version of a supercomputer, to be known as Blue Gene/L.

Citigroup Assesses a Risk and Decides to
Settle

Citigroup Assesses a Risk and Decides to
Settle 05/11/2004 10:35 AM
Several banks played a role in pitching WorldCom but only Citigroup built an unusually symbiotic relationship.
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Ireland decides against e-voting for June elections