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Making a big hairy deal because we want to design something that is Brosz-proof

alcaray — 7/15/2004 4:03:44 PM (archived)

According to some the current system is prone to something called the "Gore Gambit" Taking you at your word, it is imperative that we have a system that is proof from such post-election indictments.

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Tamperproof electronic voting - alcaray - 7/14/2004 6:47:08 PM
- Enter password, etc. solutions will far exceed the ability of cretins baffeled by a butterfly ballot (n/t) - p - 7/14/2004 7:44:11 PM
  - You only need enough people doing it to keep the system honest, oh partisan prince. (n/t) - alcaray - 7/14/2004 11:15:56 PM
- There might be a simplier technique - Larry J - 7/14/2004 7:40:46 PM
  - Don't make it any harder than you have to. - Tom Brosz - 7/15/2004 2:12:00 AM
    - Making a big hairy deal because we want to design something that is Brosz-proof - alcaray - 7/15/2004 4:03:44 PM
    - Funny things have been known to happen to ballot boxes - Larry J - 7/15/2004 2:20:09 PM
      - You're never going to eliminate fraud entirely - Tom Brosz - 7/15/2004 6:03:17 PM
        
        True, but you can make fraud a lot more difficult - Larry J - 7/15/2004 7:05:07 PM

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