NIST to recommend decertifying direct record electronic voting

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chych @ Dec 1st 2006 10:02AM

The problem with having a receipt is that you can show, with proof, that you voted for some person. This results in a feedback mechanism where one could 'buy' people's votes and know they voted for a certain person.

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Edward @ Dec 1st 2006 12:05PM

"The problem with having a receipt is that you can show, with proof, that you voted for some person. This results in a feedback mechanism where one could 'buy' people's votes and know they voted for a certain person."

Actually in other places where paper receipts are done, the user is NOT identified on the paper and what voter does is check the record to see if it matches their vote and drop the paper slip in a box. This way there is a backup record that can be recounted.

It doesn't prevent all possible forms of hacking an election but it's far better than methods that don't have a paper trail.

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