[ale] Open Source voting software...

[Michael H. Warfield]

Aaron,

        And here's another one back at you:

        Maryland Voters Test New Cryptographic Voting System
        http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/11/scantegrity


> The open source, optical-scan system, called Scantegrity, was
> developed by cryptographer David Chaum, with researchers from MIT, the
> University of Maryland in Baltimore, George Washington University, the
> University of Ottawa and the University of Waterloo.

Now, David Chaum is certainly a cryptographer who has my respect and
admiration.  The system looks like an implementation of a "low tech"
anonymous verified authenticated system using "bingo markers" I saw
years ago only redone in a high tech manner.  This system is worth some
serious looking.

Mike

On Sat, 2009-10-24 at 12:06 -0400, aaron wrote: 
> On 2009, Oct, 23, , at 9:54 PM, Michael H. Warfield wrote:
> 
> > This'll get old [Aaron's] blood a pumping!
> >
> > Nation’s First Open Source Election Software Released
> > http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/10/open-source/
> >
> > ==
> > The foundation already has California, New Hampshire, North Dakota,
> > Ohio, Oregon, Vermont and Washington interested in adopting the system
> > and is in talks with 11 other states. Florida, which has been  
> > racked by
> > voting machine problems since the 2000 presidential debacle, has also
> > expressed interest, as has Georgia, which uses machines made by  
> > Premier
> > Election Solutions (formerly Diebold Election Systems) statewide.
> > ==
> >
> > Regards,
> > Mike
> > -- 
> 
> Thanks very much for the notice, Michael!
> 
> Will add this to the list of points for my radio interview
> about voting issues and the recent Georgia Supreme Court Catch 22
> "pass the buck" decision in the VoterGA law suit against the
> Zero Evidence electronic vote fraud system.
> 
> I'm scheduled to be on WRFG, 89.3 FM on Monday, 10/26 @ 12:15pm
> 
> peace
> aaron
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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