David Dill condemns Irish system
Tuesday, February 17th, 2004David Dill, who operates VerifiedVoting.org was featured on the front page of the Irish Times on Monday, arguing that the proposed Irish system should be abandoned.
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David Dill, who operates VerifiedVoting.org was featured on the front page of the Irish Times on Monday, arguing that the proposed Irish system should be abandoned.
Faith Based e-voting in Georgia
Saturday, February 14th, 2004Voters in the state of Georgia, USA are in a similar situation to those in Ireland, though a number of years ahead of us. The minister could do worse than take account of one voter's comments thatThen I started to question the results. I kept saying, at first, that there ...
Right Hook interview
Friday, February 13th, 2004I (Andrew) appeared on New Talk 106's The Right Hook this afternoon. They had Dave Walsh from the department first, and then me. I managed to get a number of points in - such as cost, the secrecy/scrutiny balance - but there wasn't time to skewer some of the other ...
Audio footage
Friday, February 13th, 2004Paul's appearance on Liveline on 5th February is archived here. Andrew's interview on The Right Hook is archived here. The item begins with an interview with the Department representative - David Walsh - and then moves to Andrew.
Oxford seminar
Friday, February 13th, 2004The Oxford Internet Institute has a seminar featuring Dr. Barbara Simons of the ACM on 19th March in which she talks about the (now defunct) SERVE internet voting project, her analysis of it, and the politics of e-voting research. Sounds interesting, for those who can make it.
Opposition parties agree common approach on electronic voting
Friday, February 13th, 2004The three main opposition parties - Fine Gael, Labour, and the Green party - have agreed a motion opposing electronic voting, according to RTE and politics.ie. In related news Labour leader Pat Rabitte has claimed that electronic voting is 'yet one more proof of [the government's] contempt for democracy." He ...
Electronic voting on Q and A
Monday, February 9th, 2004PRO Paul Whelan spoke this evening, from the audience, on Questions and Answers. [View the segment here in Real Video]. He referred to two issues:the obsolete operating system on which the counting system operates (Windows '98), which is at odds with the government's desire to be 'cutting edge' (and I've ...
Button mania
Saturday, February 7th, 2004Can anyone explain for me what a traffic light has to do with electronic voting? The trope of buttons has been used to the point of abuse in the promotional campaign for electronic voting. The idea is obviously to convince members of the public that electronic button is just about ...
Schedule of propaganda briefings
Saturday, February 7th, 2004A timetable for the regional briefings on electronic voting has been published on the ICTE mailing list. If you can attend, asking questions, distributing leaflets, and being visibly in opposition, this will be useful. If you contact us we will put you in touch with other people who will be ...
Questions for, but no answers from, department
Friday, February 6th, 2004Joe McCarthy has pointed us to a list of 41 questions he submitted to the Department, questioning various (serious) flaws in the electronic voting system. Including such issues as the documented failure of a ballot module in 2002, none of the questions have yet been addressed by the department.
