[liberationtech] I LOVE technology, but

[Cyrus Farivar]

With all due respect, what about Estonia's Internet-based voting
system that uses encrypted digital ID cards?

-C

On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 6:50 AM, Sheila Parks
<sheilaruthparks at comcast.net> wrote:
> And you thinkfeel governmental bodies in collaboration with the EC cannot be
> corrupt?
>
> India must be very different from other countries in the world
>
> I know it is the right wing parties that have been calling for paper ballots
> in India  - are they calling for paper ballots, as in op scam (not a typo)
> or for hand-counting the paper ballots?
>
> Of course HCPB elections can be rigged -but at has been said, that is retail
> theft and theft by the machines is wholesale
>
> And today those of us who want HCPB,  build in for our models as much as
> possible safeguards so that the election cannot be rigged
>
> Sheila
>
>  08:00 PM 4/6/2011, Pranesh Prakash wrote:
>>
>> On Thursday 07 April 2011 05:16 AM, Sheila Parks wrote:
>>>
>>> As it stands now, our voting is controlled by a privatizid voting
>>> machine industry. How wrong can we get it?
>>
>> Dear Sheila,
>> In India the voting machines are manufactured not by Diebold and private
>> bodies, but by Bharat Electronics Ltd. and Electronic Corporation of India
>> Ltd., both governmental bodies in collaboration with the Election Commission
>> of India, the (fiercely) independent body constitutionally mandated with
>> conducting elections.
>>
>> In India it is the right-wing parties like the Shiv Sena and the BJP that
>> have been calling for a return to paper ballots.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Pranesh
>>
>> --
>> Pranesh Prakash
>> Programme Manager
>> Centre for Internet and Society
>> W: http://cis-india.org | T: +91 80 40926283
>>
>>
>>
>
> Sheila Parks, Ed.D.
> Founder
> Center for Hand-Counted Paper Ballots
> Belmont, MA 02478
> 617-932-1424
> DEMOCRACY IN OUR HANDS
> www.handcountedpaperballots.org
> sheila at handcountedpaperballots.org
>
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