[E-voting] Letter to the new minister

[Adrian Colley]

On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 03:15:18PM +0100, Colm MacCarthaigh wrote:
> Comments/changes/suggestions welcome.
[...]
> Further to my previous letters to your predecessor and again on behalf
> of Irish Citizens for Trustworthy Evoting, I request a meeting with
> yourself, or high-level representatives from within the department, at
> the earliest possible opportunity.

You should say what the purpose of the meeting would be.  I suggest
"...opportunity, in order to reach a common understanding of the future
direction of Evoting in Ireland."

> Unfortunately, as far as ICTE are aware it remains the case that funds,
> time and other resources are being spent on evaluating the previously
> chosen Evoting system. A system that still does not include a Voter
> Verified Audit Trail (VVAT) and thus can never satisfy the fundamental
> and constitutional requirements of a secure, secret and accurate
> democracy.

Link the second sentence (really a sentence fragment) to the first
sentence with a dash, colon or comma.

> As made clear on page 23 of the Commission on Electronic Voting's
> Interim report and in the overwhelming ma jority of submissions made to
> the Commission, the need for a VVAT cannot be rationally disputed. As
> such, ICTE respectfully requests that you insist that any voting system
> to be implemented in Ireland must include a Voter Verified Audit Trail.

Anything can be rationally disputed.  How about "rationally rejected"?

I think it's a fine idea to send such a letter, by the way.

 --Adrian.

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