Electronic voting

E-voting is coming to a neighbourhood near you. The following from Sojo sums up all that needs to be said about e-voting in the US:

"This past summer The New York Times sent journalists to investigate how the Nevada Gaming Control Board ensures that electronic gambling machines in Las Vegas operate honestly and accurately. Their findings: Protocols put in place on the Las Vegas Strip are much more stringent than those required for e-voting. "Electronic voting, by comparison [to monitoring of gambling machines], is rife with lax procedures, security risks, and conflicts of interest," conclude the editors of the Times."

Just makes you all warm and fuzzy doesn't it?

Of further interest was the fact that the two main e-voting companies in the US are big supporters of the Republican party (btw, can anyone explain how GOP stands for Republican?).

Now I'm not going to say that e-voting can't be done securely or that it won't save taxpayers a whole lot of money. But for the moment I think I'm happy to have Australia stick with the old paper and pencil solution.