Electronic Voting

Such a thought is important to bear in mind when examining the history of electronic voting. From the marbles, colored balls, and beans used by the Greeks and Romans to the computerized voting machines of today, there have always been problems of reliability and security when human beings vote.

Voting is the central issue and chokepoint of any democratic governmental system, because it is regarded as the sacrosanct reflection of the people's will, to which the government is supposed to respond. The fact that vote tampering and fraud are as old as voting systems themselves makes it doubly important for any society having democratic pretensions that their voting practices be accurate, honest, and fair. Unfortunately the upsurge in the use of electronic voting technology following the corrupted American Presidential election of 2000, which depended on the outmoded punch card systems previously in place around the country for decades does not give one much confidence that the issues of reliability and security are being addressed very well.

"Just because it's new and slick and sexy doesn't mean that we should adopt it. This is doubly true when we're talking about our elections, the heart of th

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