[PGR88]

The push to have networked, computerized voting makes NO sense to me - unless the secret purpose is for more control by a few people at the top of government in America.

go back to paper ballots, analogue/mechanical machines, or even dipping one’s finger in ink, ala Iraq - all organized by local precincts. Such systems are diverse, completely un-hackable, and incapable of large-scale manipulation.

[fproy2222]

In “ The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress” Robert Heinlein uses the computer to insure the the count from an election went the right way.

[grania]

OH went to a system with computer tablets with memory sticks (with several precincts hooked up) for voter verification and a scheme where a voter doesn't return ballots to their specific precinct. The tally at the end is almost impossible. The memory stick is a "sign in/sign out" for each poll worker who verifies at a precinct computer. Compared to what it replaced, I'd think it's much harder to stop mischief.

I'm not working the polls again. The Mathematician in me is uncomfortable with greater complexity as a way to make the vote more secure.