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Comment on 'Technical Updates' by Mimi Lindsay

2008-11-13T03:52:02Z

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Comment on 'Jennifer Brunner [Seemingly] Cares about the Secret Ballot' by Brady Mercado

2008-11-13T03:48:49Z

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Comment on 'There is no more Secret Ballot' by Lorna Murray

2008-11-13T03:40:40Z

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2008-11-13T03:16:21Z

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2008-11-13T02:59:21Z

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2008-11-12T23:20:00Z

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Comment on 'Two common misconceptions' by Yury

2007-08-22T20:31:10Z

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Comment on 'Two common misconceptions' by zappini

2007-08-22T20:01:19Z

Thank you for sharing your findings. I wrote about similar attack late last year: No Privacy on King County's Touchscreens In brief, if your poll site doesn't somehow shuffle (mix) the order of the voters using a touchscreen, you can infer how everyone voted. Without using timestamps. King County WA currently has a single touchscreen per poll site. So the order of the voters doesn't get shuffled. Ballot boxes are the physical equivalent of a secure one-way hash. After the ballot goes into the box, there's no way to tie it back to the voter. You achieve end-to-end traceability and the public vote count by ensuring the physical security of the ballots. At this time, there is no computerized voting system that ensures both the secret ballot and the public vote count. Some academics think it can be done with novel voting systems (e.g. PunchScan). I remain unconvinced. Cheers, Jason Osgood / Seattle WA

Comment on 'We're on CNET!' by Creeva

2007-08-22T19:21:35Z

I finally got around to doing a write up - http://www.creeva.com/2007/08/vulnerabilities-in-ohio-voting-system.html

Comment on 'Two common misconceptions' by Al Kolwicz

2007-08-22T13:54:11Z

The secret ballot issues raised by Moyer and Cropcho won't be solved until the toilet-paper roles used to sequentially record voter activity are eliminated. As a Colorado poll watcher, I have the right to record the names of people who vote. By observing the sequence in which they use a specific DRE, I know the sequence of their (supposed) votes recorded on the VVPAT. Access to the roll means access to their "ballot". The canvass board and election officials have legal access to the roll. NO!, I do not trust the officials. Not because they are evil, but because the protection of a secret ballot is sacrosanct. If any pathway to retrieving a specific voters ballot exists, it might be used: (1) by the court, or (2) for political purposes by a partisan official, or (3) to create a "threat of disclosure" needed by vote-buyers and voter-intimidators to suggest that they can know a voter's selections. Furthermore, HART Intercivic suffers not only the problem described above, but also uniquely identifies every PAPER and VVPAT ballot with a unique, NON-REMOVABLE, serial number and barcode. Voters can make a record of this serial number on their ballot and use it to later identify their specific ballot. Consequently, the market for vote-selling is facilitated and the opportunity for voter intimidation is supported. The arrogance of vendors who trample on our right to use a secret ballot must be punished by immediately forcing them to meet our requirements for "privately voted anonymous ballots". Al Al Kolwicz Colorado Voter Group 2867 Tincup Circle Boulder, CO 80305 303-494-1540 AlKolwicz@qwest.net www.AlKolwicz.net www.coloradovotergroup.blogspot.com

Comment on 'We're on CNET!' by Yury

2007-08-20T21:00:12Z

I'm still a little amazed at how little concern people have over this exploit, even from some of those who acknowledge that it's a problem. 1. Voter turnout is terrible as it is. This, coupled with the maker's of these machines and the state's nonchalance won't help. 2. We do care how a large contingent of the population voted, and there's good reason why they shouldn't be exposed. Judges, school board members, even doctors and lawyers. Do priests vote? :) Not to mention husbands and wives, employers and employees. Unions. Hey, Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_ballot

Comment on 'We're on CNET!' by Yury

2007-08-20T20:49:55Z

No longer above the fold ;)