[ga-full] Re: [ga] Registration process suggestion - Joes alternitive...

["!Dr. Joe Baptista" <baptista@pccf.net>]

On Fri, 4 Feb 2000, Jeff Williams wrote:

> Joe and all,
> 
>   I must say good points here Joe.  And it seems to me you ideas here are
> accurate and workable.  Simple yet nearly fraud proof.  Not bad.  Wish
> I had thought of this approach.  Nicely done!

Yes I am good.  But to be frank I owe my knowledge to elections
Canada.  Prior to my retirement I always participated in every election as
an officer of the crown for some 20 years - so I must admit I owe my
electoral education to them.

Regards
Joe

> !Dr. Joe Baptista wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, William X. Walsh wrote:
> >
> > > The DNSO can setup their own, signing people's OpenPGP keys themselves with a
> > > special signing key.  PGP is available over the net, free, to anyone.
> >
> > This whole PGP business is nonsense - it's obvious you have no electoral
> > experience.  So sit back and learn.
> >
> > Once the vote is registered - properly and the registration deposited with
> > Joop's trusted people the remaining process is only subjected to
> > verification process.  The best method is each voter name is published
> > with the vote.  I think this is best for assemblies - open voting
> > processes.  However if people insist on hiding their vote - or voting
> > anonymously - that same can be achived and still maintain the integrety
> > and validity of the vote.
> >
> > A list of aliases is generated and each alias assigned to a voter with a
> > password.  The voter receives the alias and password from one of Joops
> > trusted people via email and then proceeds to vote at Joop's voting
> > booth.  The alias is then published with details of what each alias has
> > voted for.  The actual voters can then confirm their alias voted in the
> > way they wished.  This is the best electronic audit proceedure to gurantee
> > the vote free of fraud.  The voter is in fact their own auditor and the
> > trusted people are there incapable of committing fraud.
> >
> > In a vote we must eleiminate all potential error - i.e. fraud while making
> > it easy for the vote to be processed.  PGP is only going to make most
> > eligible voters shy away from the process.
> >
> > I hope we've learned something.
> >
> > Regards
> > Joe
> 
> Regards,
> 
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