CSC 379:Week 5, Group 4
Paperless Electronic Voting
Examine the ethical issues regarding paperless electronic voting (e.g. voting machines with no voter-approved persistent paper record of the electronic ballots cast). Include a brief overview of what paperless electronic voting is and instances where it has been used. Draw from a variety of internet resources to explain its advantages and disadvantages (including obstacles to adoption of equipment that maintain a paper record). Is there an ethical responsibility to create and maintain a persistent paper record of votes, if so, whose?
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What is Paperless Electronic Voting
- Paperless Electronic Voting is a completely computerized voting system. I voted places their vote by touchscreen, keyboard or some other electronic means. No paper recrods of the electronic ballot are kept and there is no way for the voter to verify/check thier vote.
- Paperless Electronic Voting has been used in the following states/elections
- [http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061108/NEWS/611080506 Sarasota County election of Republican Vern Buchanan
Ethical Issues
Relevant External Links
- It's Time to Outlaw Paperless Electronic Voting in the U.S.
- Federal report says paperless electronic voting machines cannot be made secure
- Florida lawsuit targets electronic voting machines in close race
- Security Of Electronic Voting Is Condemned
- New York Times - Scientists’ Tests Hack Into Electronic Voting Machines in California and Elsewhere
- Congresspedia - Help America Vote Act