the various solutions being worked out to authentication and anonymity are the main plank of what's being offered by the various tech firms working to fulfil the projects
They did trial voting by interactive TV, txt, post and online (both from PCs through a web interface and through voting booths) somewhere in the UK recently -- unfortunately, people liked it, and said it would make them more likely to vote than having to go out to a community hall and vote. I say unfortunately, because it's obviously (no, really!) a bugger to implement.
Apparently one of the things they liked was that people would not see them, not as they voted, but as they were going in to vote. To them, it represented an increase in privacy.
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Date: December 9th, 2003 03:40 am (UTC)From:They did trial voting by interactive TV, txt, post and online (both from PCs through a web interface and through voting booths) somewhere in the UK recently -- unfortunately, people liked it, and said it would make them more likely to vote than having to go out to a community hall and vote. I say unfortunately, because it's obviously (no, really!) a bugger to implement.
Apparently one of the things they liked was that people would not see them, not as they voted, but as they were going in to vote. To them, it represented an increase in privacy.
If you're interested in e-democracy issues, the do-wire e-democracy list is the key email update --
http://e-democracy.org/do , and the Hansard Society http://www.hansard-society.org.uk/ are involved in a lot of the UK's research.