HOT TOPIC: E-VOTING.
E-voting is one of those things that really gets me worked up, as I believe I mentioned before, and I think part of the problem is that people don't know the problems or potential problems. So here is an excellent introduction to e-voting from Wired that lays out the issues. There is also an article detailing new guidelines for e-voting.
In recent e-voting news, a woman who reported irregularities and then fired won a court ruling for her job. "Hocking County, Ohio's recount whistleblower, Sherole Eaton -- who was recently fired without explanation in the wake of having reported on a voting company employee tampering with the hard-drive of a central tabulating computer and offering "cheat-sheets" prior to the recount of the November 2004 Presidential Election -- received some support yesterday from both a Court Order and several dozen backers at a dramatic Board of Elections meeting."
This is something that has been on my mind for a while, and I gave a speech on it at toastmasters a while ago, which you can read by going to the January Archive. (I also finally posted my obesity paper I mentioned earlier there, in case you have been waiting for it anxiously.)
E-voting is one of those things that really gets me worked up, as I believe I mentioned before, and I think part of the problem is that people don't know the problems or potential problems. So here is an excellent introduction to e-voting from Wired that lays out the issues. There is also an article detailing new guidelines for e-voting.
In recent e-voting news, a woman who reported irregularities and then fired won a court ruling for her job. "Hocking County, Ohio's recount whistleblower, Sherole Eaton -- who was recently fired without explanation in the wake of having reported on a voting company employee tampering with the hard-drive of a central tabulating computer and offering "cheat-sheets" prior to the recount of the November 2004 Presidential Election -- received some support yesterday from both a Court Order and several dozen backers at a dramatic Board of Elections meeting."
This is something that has been on my mind for a while, and I gave a speech on it at toastmasters a while ago, which you can read by going to the January Archive. (I also finally posted my obesity paper I mentioned earlier there, in case you have been waiting for it anxiously.)
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