Friday, November 5, 2010

[TED] David Bismark: E-voting

David Bismark speaks about the fraud that wrongdoings that happen during elections. He says that there always is something that goes wrong in an election, especially if it is a country-wide, large one.

He says that the voters have rights to 'verify' their votes, and find out if their votes were counted correctly, while still keeping the votes a secret.

He says, switching around the names of candidates on the ballot form and then shredding the half that has the name on will do the job. The other side with choices will get scanned by its own barcode, and that way no one know who the person voted for, yet it can be checked by going online.


I think it is a very good idea, since many things are already done online. If a safe voting system takes over the traditional type and possibly work better, it would prevent fraud and miscounting that can lead to bigger issues.

The question I had was what if the person loses the encripted vote sheet? Also, what is someone had to find out about the vote? Could it possibly become a problem that cannot be solved?

The word I chose was honesty. Nowaways, people cannot even trust the government who is supposed to protect its citizens and now election methods are starting to be questioned for its effectiveness. When will this world become an honest society?

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