David Bismark: E-voting without fraud

http://www.ted.com David Bismark demos a new system for voting that contains a simple, verifiable way to prevent fraud and miscounting -- while keeping each person's vote secret.

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[dminortheory]

Maybe I am too cynical, but I am going to say that 70% of the population doesn't care about politics whatsoever and will simply follow whatever system is put in place by the power elite. It is becoming very clear that the majority of US voter are so easily tricked and fooled anyway, why not just keep rigging elections? If you attempt to discuss this issue with most people in the US you are labeled a "conspiracy theorist" and laughed at.

[Claytonsglass]

We get a receipt with everything... Why not voting?

[Gackt Camui]

There's so much that could go wrong with this.

[sayrith]

way too cynical. with the internet and the ease of information, people are more informed than ever before.

[kadigan1979]

2. if you want to verify your vote, say on a website, how can you reveal enough information so that you can be sure it was counted the way you intended, without it just displaying your vote on the screen. If you can see it unencrypted, someone else can if, say, the website were hacked or your computer/internet connection were hacked.

[kadigan1979]

In an e-voting system it's a problem. Traditional paper in a box, less so. Here's two reasons in an e-voting system: 1. Unless, as in this system, the key data is encrypted *before* you vote, a tampered machine could store your vote in an unencrypted way with the time and place the vote happened, and somebody watching you vote could correlate with the data.

[Jamshaid Iqbal]

I am talking abt 3rd world countries like Pakistan, where people are forced to vote on point of a gun in some areas.

[nicolasibarra84]

Whenever we start voting on the internet, how can a Political Party or Government possibly retaliate against the millions of voters? I tend to think that the larger the number of voters, there is no chance for clientelism or retaliation, which I understand is the main concern of the voter. The secrecy of the vote becomes obsolete. Any thoughts on that?

[Jamshaid Iqbal]

e-Elections are a solution to this....

[Jamshaid Iqbal]

may be political victimization later on....

[nicolasibarra84]

What are the main problems of keeping the vote secret?

[Michael McKinzy Sr]

EVoteTechnology for the 2012 United States Presidential Election, we have the technology to Change our voting methods in the 21st century with EVote!-Born to do battle, drafted at birth.a.k.a.Warrior Breed!-Michael E. McKinzy Sr.-07-08-2012