Scientists question electronic voting

[Bill Stewart]

At 01:33 PM 03/07/2003 -0800, Ed Gerck wrote:
>David Howe wrote:
> > This may be the case in france - but in england, every vote slip has a
> > unique number which is recorded against the voter id number on the
> > original voter card. any given vote *can* be traced back to the voter
> > that used it.
>
>This is true in the UK, but legal authorization is required to do so.

No, legal authorization is only required to do so _legally_.
We're talking about different threat models here,
since we're talking about stuffing ballot-boxes and bribing people -
what does it take to get the information without getting caught?
Can it be traced in real time, or after the fact, or both,
and how much is the voter's cooperation required?
How long is the data stored after the election?
(For instance, if the election isn't close enough to be contested
within N days, do they burn all the ballots?)

The two usual scenarios are
- Real-time: "Thank you for your receipt, here's your bottle of whiskey,
         and the Democratic Party invites you to vote again this afternoon!"
- Later: "Mr. Smith, we've been auditing the ballots and we see that
         you voted for Emmanuel Goldstein.  We're taking you in for therapy."







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