Re: [Moshe Zadka <m@moshez.org>] Independent Count
>> On Mon, 24 Mar 2003 17:29:04 -0300,
>> Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> said:
> And to allow that, we need to change voting procedures, to preserve
> secrecy of the voting... the ballots would have to be cyphertext,
> with a signature wrapping the cyphertext, or something to that
> effect.
At some point this should trigger a discussion of
a) Why we need secrecy (the argument I have heard is so that people
can vote freely without worrying about potential animosity from
the person they did not vote for, or a pressure to vote for
someone they are close to). If the candidates can't see the
results, does it matter if more than one person can see the
results?
b) The cost of correctly voting. Already we have a higher than
previously ration of rejected votes. encrypting the vote to a
voting key, and wrapping that another signed message, would
likely make voting too difficult for a number of people.
c) All this would need tested, working code in devotee before next
elections, nu?
manoj
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