Sunday, May 25, 2008

Dutch government bans electronic voting

The Dutch government has wisely decided that the current technology of electronic voting machines is not where it should be and have banned the machines: The government of the Netherlands has banned electronic voting machines from future elections because of a risk of eavesdropping. The nation will return to paper voting. “Research indicates that a secure voting machine that is immune to the risks of eavesdropping can’t be guaranteed. Developing new equipment furthermore requires a large inv