On Tue, 24 Jun 2014, Nick Hilliard wrote:
On 24/06/2014 11:01, Nigel Titley wrote:
We would like to hear more feedback from the membership on these voting issues. Do members think there is a case for removing the option to vote with paper ballot and by proxy?
As it's expired from my mailbox, Ulf's original email is here:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/members-discuss/2014-May/001476.html
e-voting is demonstrably faster and more efficient than paper ballots, but it's not possible to guarantee voter anonymity. The bottom line is that if you log into an online evoting system, you need to trust that the system will not associate your authentication token with your ballot. All we can do is say that the RIPE NCC trusts BigPulse, and also expects it's membership to do so.
Regarding counting, there are several software packages which can assist with counting. I've used OpenSTV and it works quite nicely. I assume that as there are both e-votes and paper votes, that BigPulse's system also assists with this and that therefore the problem that Ulf identified maybe isn't as big as he perceives it to be.
No doubt BigPulse are a reputable company, but on principal I have problems with e-voting relating to privacy and verifiable trust. On balance, I'm not convinced that Ulf's suggestion fixes more problems than it creates, and consequently I do not support it.
Nick
Well said Nick. One may think that paper ballots are low tech and old fashioned but I still see a point concerning anonymity. As far as I remember from what Fergal sais, all the paper ballots are converted to e-votes anyway. Regards, Daniel _________________________________________________________________________________ Daniel Stolpe Tel: 08 - 688 11 81 stolpe@resilans.se Resilans AB Fax: 08 - 55 00 21 63 http://www.resilans.se/ Box 45 094 556741-1193 104 30 Stockholm