Hi Richard,
Richard Stallman rms@gnu.org writes:
I am against using computers to enter votes. See stallman.org/evoting.html.
I agree completely. Voting computers violate basic principles of elections by making vote counting completely intransparent. That is something that John Oliver (as much as I like him) fails to mention altogether. I am glad voting machines have been deemed unconstitutional in Germany. I hope other countries will follow suit. It also makes financial sense because counting paper votes is way cheaper than machines that need to be replaced every couple of years.
We used to have a GNU package, GNU FREE, for holding elections. We decided, the developer and I, to withdraw it because software should not be used for that purpose.
I think such a tool could be useful for within organizations or in case where the stakes are lower than in a political election. There may be cases where the convenience of voting online may be more important than complete transparency.
Happy hacking! Florian