tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25646979.post458353857924783430..comments2024-01-01T15:35:12.954-07:00Comments on Simple Utah Mormon Politics: The Only Surefire Means of Fair VotingFrank Stahelihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01822334061980912687noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25646979.post-44230237684114208312007-05-31T21:40:00.000-06:002007-05-31T21:40:00.000-06:00Computer counts are more accurate than manual pape...Computer counts are more accurate than manual paper counts so long as the counting algorithm is correct. I like the current Utah system with electronic voting and a paper audit trail. I'm satisfied with a system that lets us use statistical sampling of paper ballots to verify the integrity of the vote counting programs. <BR/><BR/>The voting system you propose seems only feasible with computer support. The Scantron pencil voting could facilitate this, but scantron can leave questions about voter intent. Maybe even better would be a computer system that allows the user to vote on-screen, prints a completed scantron ballot that they verify and drop in a box. Counts could be done in both ways: the internal computer tally and a scantron tally using a totally separate system.Bradley Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06030210881782328907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25646979.post-9663065140042865572007-05-28T22:29:00.000-06:002007-05-28T22:29:00.000-06:00Making a unique identifier for each record shouldn...Making a unique identifier for each record shouldn't be all that hard considering that it's the cardinal rule of database design. I think you're definitely on to something. With the possibility that any one person doing a verification could expose elections fraud, it would be a strong enough deterrent from trying to do so.Jesse Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468928702710912142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25646979.post-25467901104631388052007-05-28T21:39:00.000-06:002007-05-28T21:39:00.000-06:00This could be a much more informative comment if I...This could be a much more informative comment if I searched my old documents first to find my research paper from 2001, but I agree that computers are no guarantee of fair elections.<BR/><BR/>I did a research paper right after the election of 2000 on the subject of technology and voting and learned some very interesting stuff. My conclusion then was that computers don't necessarily make voting less secure either, but the real key to fair elections lies more in better trained voters and poll workers than in better technology.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com