To whom it may concern,
E-voting poses a threat to our democracy. This is my conclusion after 5 months of research into the topic for my undergraduate thesis. My results are available online at
http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~afrodite/E-Voting/
I hope to mount a campaign over the next few months with the following goals: - to prevent the use of the Nedap/Powervote system in Irish elections, - to prevent the purchase of any more equipment or software from Nedap/Powervote by the Irish government, and - to ensure that any electronic voting system introduced in Ireland meets the following criteria - a booth is used, analagous to the traditional polling booth, - all development uses formal methods, - votes are printed on a paper ballot to be verified by the voter, - all source code is publicly available.
If you would be interested in getting involved in such a campaign, or have any advice/comments, please contact me at
Margaret.McGaley@Redbrick.DCU.IE
or join (or mail) the mailing list
e-voting@lists.stdlib.net
by going to
http://lists.stdlib.net/mailman/listinfo/e-voting
Please forward this mail to anyone you think may be interested.
Thanks, Margaret McGaley