To: shadowman99
The essential feature is that the audit trail must be serialized, so phony ballots cannot be substituted or inserted. The has to be encrypted so humans can't tamper with it. The simplest solution is a single piece of paper per precinct.
15 posted on
10/25/2004 1:58:59 PM PDT by
js1138
(D*mn, I Missed!)
To: js1138
The essential feature is that the audit trail must be serialized, so phony ballots cannot be substituted or inserted. The has to be encrypted so humans can't tamper with it. The simplest solution is a single piece of paper per precinct. Unfortunately, it's very hard to reconcile that with a requirement that it be impossible to ascertain the order in which ballots were cast.
16 posted on
10/25/2004 7:40:13 PM PDT by
supercat
(If Kerry becomes President, nothing bad will happen for which he won't have an excuse.)
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson