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
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
- [http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2006/11/florida-lawsuit-targets-electronic.php
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