Merits of E-Voting, Paper Backups Debated

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Open-source software merits debated

Open-source software merits debated 05/20/2004 08:45 AM
Computer Weekly May 20 2004 1:24PM GMT

Open source software merits debated

Open source software merits debated 05/19/2004 08:37 PM
Open source proponents and a Microsoft official had varying perspectives on the value of the open source model during separate discussions at the 2004 SIIA Enterprise Software Summit in San Francisco on Wednesday.

Calif. panel wants paper-ballot backups

Calif. panel wants paper-ballot backups 04/28/2004 08:10 PM

We want our e-voting paper trail

We want our e-voting paper trail 07/11/2004 05:21 PM
Letter El Reg is 'beyond obtuse

Nevada Goes With E-Voting Paper Trail As
Well

Nevada Goes With E-Voting Paper Trail As
Well 12/12/2003 04:35 AM
As predicted a few weeks back when California announced that they were requirin g a paper trail on any e-voting machine, having such a large state do so would make other states follow suit. So, the next one up appears to be Nevada who announced today that they'll require paper receipts. However, here's where the article gets weird. They're claiming that they're the first state to do so, but that seems to ignore the California announcement from last month. The only thing that might support this claim (and this isn't clear) is that the California mandate is basically: if you use electronic voting machines, there needs to be a paper trail. The Nevada announcement appears to be: everyone must use electronic voting machines and there needs to be a paper trail. Completely off topic, but, since my experience with Nevada has been that everywhere you go there will be a slot machine, why doesn't one of these voting machine companies come up with a combined slot machine/voting machine?

E-voting security: looking good on
paper?

E-voting security: looking good on
paper? 07/07/2004 12:58 PM
Voter receipt more 'security blanket' than 'security measure'

Making E-Voting Systems With Paper
Receipts Even Better

Making E-Voting Systems With Paper
Receipts Even Better 06/08/2004 10:50 AM
With all the talk lately about e-voting, one thing that continually gets mixed up is exactly what the fight is over. Those who are fighting to keep the existing machines like to claim that those who want a verifiable paper trail are fighting against progress - trying to go backwards away from electronic voting to a paper world. Of course, nothing can be further from the truth. Those who want the verifiable paper receipt aren't against electronic voting at all. They just understand the technology enough to realize that the current system isn't particularly secure or reliable and they want to make it better. Once you start going down that trail, however, you need to come up with a system that really is more secure and reliable, and that's where some researchers are putting a lot of attention these days. They're trying to go beyond just adding a verifiable paper ballot, to using systems to make sure that you can check after-the-fact, to guarantee that your vote really was properly counted. Most of the article focuses on David Chaum's system, which tends to bring out very strong opinions in people (too often focused on Chaum, himself, rather than the system). The argument against such systems is that they're either too complex or too expensive (or both), but no one ever said democracy was supposed to be cheap.

Paper trail won't cure e-voting ills

Paper trail won't cure e-voting ills 09/06/2004 05:01 AM
Paper receipts are fine, but they won't guarantee accuracy of the vote count.

Senators question e-voting paper trail

Senators question e-voting paper trail 06/22/2005 02:35 AM
Calls for the use of voter-verified paper trails for electronic voting machines ran into trouble today from two powerful members of a Senate committee.

Florida Ruling May Lead To E-voting
Paper Trail

Florida Ruling May Lead To E-voting
Paper Trail 08/28/2004 02:51 PM

Groups call for law requiring e-voting
paper trail

Groups call for law requiring e-voting
paper trail 04/28/2004 05:16 PM
As much of the country moves toward using electronic voting machines, the groups want Congress to press ahead with legislation that would require a verified paper trail for voting.

Paper Ballot E-Voting Machines Fails
During Test

Paper Ballot E-Voting Machines Fails
During Test 08/16/2004 02:47 AM
While at first glance it might look bad that one of the first new e-voting machines from Sequoia that actually has a paper ballot backup system failed during a demo test, it actually does a wonderful job proving the point most people fighting against current e-voting machines have been trying to prove. The system failed to mark the paper ballot on votes recorded in Spanish, which may seem embarrassing during the test. However, by not marking the paper ballot, it was immediately clear that there was a glitch in the system which could then be fixed. With traditional electronic voting machines that had no paper ballot backup, no one would know whether or not their vote was counted at all.

Maryland court rejects paper requirement
for e-voting

Maryland court rejects paper requirement
for e-voting 09/03/2004 06:30 PM
A judge said it would be too costly to allow voters skeptical of electronic voting systems to opt for paper ballots.

Nevadans to Become First to Use
Touchscreen Voting That Produces a Paper
Trail

Nevadans to Become First to Use
Touchscreen Voting That Produces a Paper
Trail 09/10/2004 02:05 AM

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“Nevada residents became the first in the nation to vote on computers that leave a paper trail, taking part in a primary that produced scattered reports of delays — though none of the serious problems that have cast doubt upon electronic voting systems in other states. A delegation of federal election officials monitored the equipment’s debut Tuesday in the state capital as voters cast ballots for congressional candidates, state legislators, school officials and judges. Results…

Ohio Authorizes E-Voting, Wants Paper
Record Within Two Years

Ohio Authorizes E-Voting, Wants Paper
Record Within Two Years 05/10/2004 11:53 AM
While California is banning all e-voting machines unless they agree to some fairly strict security provisions, it looks like Ohio has now auth orized the use of e-voting machines for the November election. The state will require a paper trail for e-voting machines - but not until May of 2006. If they're going to require it anyway, I don't see why they shouldn't require it now. This basically means that for the next two years we have no way of knowing how accurate votes from Ohio will be.

Nevada E-Voting With Paper Backup
Primary Gets Good Results

Nevada E-Voting With Paper Backup
Primary Gets Good Results 09/08/2004 12:32 PM
Back in May we noted that election officials who didn't want to use e-voting machines with a paper trail were hoping Nevada's use of the machines would fail. Nevada was the first state to require that e-voting machines have a paper trail, and yesterday the primary in Nevada used those machines and very few problems were reported. There were, as always, some technical problems here or there, but unlike the other e-voting machines, at least people could check to see if their vote was actually recorded. Looks like those election officials hoping the Nevada experiment would fail should start shopping for new e-voting machines. If they're in California, they might want to avoid Diebold, which doesn't have the greatest reputation in the state these days.

Election Officials Hoping E-Voting
Machines With Paper Receipts Fail

Election Officials Hoping E-Voting
Machines With Paper Receipts Fail 05/27/2004 11:04 AM
You would think that the goal of an election official would be to help guarantee the most accurate election possible, promoting the benefits of democracy. However, it seems that that's not true at all. We've already talked about election officials who have decided to ignore rules requiring their electronic voting machines be more secure and others who are suing because they don't want to make their machines more secure. However, now that Nevada is going to use e-voting machines with a paper trail, many election officials are hoping the machines will fail just to say "I told you so!" Once again, they're missing the point. It is very likely that some of the machines will have bugs - and all of these election officials will start screaming about them. However, the problem with the current e-voting machines is that no one knows if there are bugs or not in how the votes are actually counted. Just because you've set up the system to not inform you if something goes wrong, it doesn't mean that everything has gone right. Shouldn't we trust a system that will at least let us double check if something has gone wrong more than one that doesn't let us check at all? Of course, the article notes that the paper trail in these Nevada elections will be useless, because it doesn't qualify as a legitimate ballot to be recounted. In other words, the only point of using e-voting with the paper trail in these elections is to see if the machines jam up, and then let election officials complain loudly about the problems with paper receipt e-voting machines.

Skype merits hype; now it's available
for the Mac

Skype merits hype; now it's available
for the Mac 09/01/2004 06:17 AM
SiliconValley.com Sep 1 2004 10:30AM GMT

Excellent explanation of the merits of
RSS for fast reading by Robert Scoble

Excellent explanation of the merits of
RSS for fast reading by Robert Scoble 01/05/2004 04:58 AM
offers some reasons he thinks RSS is better than HTML .. Scoble

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Bush Defies Chirac, Says Turkey Merits
EU Place (Reuters)

Bush Defies Chirac, Says Turkey Merits
EU Place (Reuters) 06/29/2004 06:02 AM
Reuters - President Bush said on Tuesday that Turkey belongs in the European Union and that Europe is "not the exclusive club of a single religion" in what amounted to a rejection of French President Jacques Chirac.

Airbus and Boeing argue dominance,
merits of next generation of planes

Airbus and Boeing argue dominance,
merits of next generation of planes 12/08/2003 07:11 PM
Canadian Press via Canada.com Dec 8 2003 5:13PM ET

Hunting ban to be debated by MPs

Hunting ban to be debated by MPs 09/14/2004 06:43 PM
A ban on hunting with dogs in England and Wales is expected to be backed by MPs on Wednesday.

FDA Silicone Implant Ban Is Debated

FDA Silicone Implant Ban Is Debated 04/12/2005 03:26 AM
Los Angeles Times Apr 12 2005 7:21AM GMT

'E-learning' costs debated in S.D

'E-learning' costs debated in S.D 04/14/2004 05:18 PM
Boston Globe Apr 14 2004 8:43PM GMT

More and More Autism Cases, Yet Causes
Are Much Debated

More and More Autism Cases, Yet Causes
Are Much Debated 01/25/2004 10:56 PM
An upsurge in childhood autism cases has led to calls for more research and government spending, but what lies behind the increase is sharply debated.

Supremes: "Thank God we don't have to
address the merits of a case that
demonstrates just how intellectually
bankrupt our Establishment Clause
jurisprudence has become."

Supremes: "Thank God we don't have to
address the merits of a case that
demonstrates just how intellectually
bankrupt our Establishment Clause
jurisprudence has become." 06/15/2004 05:02 AM
weasel out of the debate .. justification

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Child Porn Law Debated in Court

Child Porn Law Debated in Court 01/09/2004 10:13 PM
Pennsylvania officials are defending a state law that allows them to force ISPs to cut off access to any site they say contains child porn. Opponents are challenging the law in court, saying huge swaths of the Net are now off limits. By Michelle Delio.

Disc expiration dates debated

Disc expiration dates debated 03/29/2005 10:48 PM
Standards body is trying to develop a realistic way of labeling CDs and DVDs for longevity.

Internet's role in racism debated

Internet's role in racism debated 06/16/2004 04:28 PM
Officials from more than 60 countries discuss ways of tackling racist propaganda posted on the internet.

Consumers' digital rights debated

Consumers' digital rights debated 05/13/2004 10:52 AM

PowerPoint debated by artists work

PowerPoint debated by artists work 12/29/2003 07:55 PM
Peter Norvig, 46, engineering director at Google Inc., is generally credited with creating the first PowerPoint parody in 1999, when he published an online ...

Congress' role in IT security debated

Congress' role in IT security debated 11/06/2003 06:10 PM
Witnesses said they doubt that computer users would want antivirus software to be required on their computers and said education about cybersecurity might be a better option.

A4 Paper / International Standard Paper
Sizes

A4 Paper / International Standard Paper
Sizes 05/15/2004 09:47 PM
งชง†ง‡งŠ จŠ† ง„…„„Š ง†ง‡ ‡งŠ ƒง .. [http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-paper.html] .. International Standard Paper Sizes .. จŒ† งŒ†ฌง .. Fascinating article

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Bank debated bigger UK rate rise

Bank debated bigger UK rate rise 05/19/2004 07:23 AM
The Bank of England's rate-setting body unanimously voted to lift rates to 4.25% and contemplated a bigger rise, minutes show.

Disney's 'Alamo' Bombs, Comcast Move
Debated

Disney's 'Alamo' Bombs, Comcast Move
Debated 04/12/2004 10:05 PM
Reuters via Wired News Apr 13 2004 2:20AM GMT

Offshore Threat Debated at Hearing on
Network Security

Offshore Threat Debated at Hearing on
Network Security 06/20/2004 11:11 AM

Are you keeping your backups too?

Are you keeping your backups too? 03/23/2005 08:23 AM
(A)bort, (I)gnore, (R)evert to Grandma's DNA A jaw-dropping revision to Mendelian inheritance: bad genes can be replaced from a secret ancestral stash. (The same researchers have previous ly mentioned other ways to get around Mendel.) Also, DNA gets a fake fifth letter.

Distributed Backups?

Distributed Backups? 09/10/2004 04:47 PM
Having lost way too many hard-drives in the last couple years, I've become pretty focused on backup systems, and (judging from a few conversations here at DEMOmobile) it's a subject that a lot of people are interested in. Bob Cringely's latest column is another one of his "big idea for a company" suggestions that he simply tosses out and hopes someone builds: a peer-to-peer distributed backup system. The idea is pretty simple. You download some backup software which encrypts the data you want to backup, breaks it up into little chunks and moves it out over a peer-to-peer network. The amount of data you can backup is limited by the amount you agree to store yourself. In Cringely's plan, this whole thing should cost $3.95/month. Of course, you'd need to distribute many copies of the various pieces to make sure that there aren't chunks missing -- which will also mean that many people will need to be in the system before it's really all that reliable. Obviously, some people will freak out about chunks of their data (even if they are encrypted) sitting on random hard drives out there). In the meantime, it appears Cringely doesn't use Google, because a quick search on the topic suggests at least some people are already working on this type of technology.

Linux backups & CD-R?

Linux backups & CD-R? 05/24/2004 12:13 PM
So, like the good sysadmin I am, my home servers are completely un-backed-up. (Cobbler's kids always have no shoes, y'know) It's time to fix that, though. Anyone have a recommendation for a good backup solution (with full and incremental backups) for Linux systems with CD-Rs as the target backup media? This beastie has about 160G of disk space and I'd hate to have to redownload and recreate all the stuff on it....
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