[Fsfe-ie] perspective on e-voting

[Niall Douglas]

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On 28 Feb 2004 at 11:28, Ian Clarke wrote:

> I think we need to acknowledge that by far the most important and most
> easily justifiable requirement is the verifiable paper audit.
> 
> My concern is that any additional demands (such as opening the
> sourcecode) which IMHO is justifiable, but far less justifiable
> than the paper trail, may detract from our ability to achieve
> the primary goal.

Personally I can't see much use for a paper trail if the source is 
fully open. However since it's unlikely the source would be made open 
(breach of contract or an expensive renegotiation), a paper trail is 
better than nothing.

At least they're better than Diebold machines anyway! ;) - though why 
we didn't just buy the Australian ones is beyond me (I'm guessing EU 
tariffs).

Cheers,
Niall





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