Re: [OT electronic voting"] - was Re: [Fsfe-uk] Membership

[Richard Smedley]

On Thu, 2003-05-22 at 10:47, Ramanan Selvaratnam wrote:

> <http://gp.org/press/pr_05_21_03.html>

Certainly reinforces the opinion that democracy is
not a central part of US political process, however...

> Plenty of talk and useful links on vote counting and manipulation.
> 
> Whether we like it or not it is a matter of time before this becomes a  
> talking point among the political circles here.
> IMHO it will be a good idea to have some docs up on the related 
> technical issues ...especially as there was a mention of electronic 
> voting at the AFFSAC.

...I'm sure the relevant articles on electronic voting 
from recent issues of LinuxUser & Developer can be made
available to the appropriate campaigning websites, where 
needed. I will talk to the author(s) and the editor.

One of the articles can be viewed at:
http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/articles/issue26/lud26-Freestyle-A_free_software_odyssey.pdf
The others will be online shortly.

 - Richard

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