[E-voting] Letter to the new minister

[Fergal Daly]

The "reach a common understanding" sentence seems a bit odd, like we see
ourselves as equal partners, which might be a bit much. How about offering
our assistance. I can't think of a good way of saying it though,

F

On Sun, Sep 05, 2004 at 07:33:25PM +0100, Colm MacCarthaigh wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 05, 2004 at 07:14:23PM +0100, Adrian Colley wrote:
> > Anything can be rationally disputed.  How about "rationally rejected"?
> 
> I've updated the pdf with all of the modifications, so here's a second
> draft:
> 
> Further to my previous letters to your predecessor, my letter to
> yourself (as Minister for something) of February twenty-third 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, 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.
> 
> ICTE are not opposed to Evoting, or the undoubtable accessibility
> benefits it has the potential to offer, and are are keen to see a
> trustworthy voting system in place. As made clear on page 23 of the
> Commission on Electronic Voting's Interim Report and in the overwhelming
> majority of submissions made to the Commission, the need for a VVAT
> cannot be rationally rejected.
> 
> In particular, the absense of a VVAT in any voting system significantly
> raises the costs of testing and implementation, yet nevertheless results
> in a system that simply cannot be regarded as trustworthy due to the
> practical impossibility of verifying the accuracy of vote recording.
> 
> As such, ICTE respectfully request that you insist that any voting
> system to be implemented in Ireland include a Voter Verified Audit
> Trail.
> 
> 
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> Colm MacC?rthaigh                        Public Key: colm+pgp at stdlib.net
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