[E-voting] Why we can't decide on a VVAT method?

[Aengus Lawlor]

On Wednesday, January 19, 2005 9:40 PM [GMT],
Aidan Delaney <adelaney at cs.may.ie> wrote:

> We've got to go back to the very start
> * research and devise all reasonable VVAT methods,
> * formally specify the methods,
> * research the effectiveness of each varient,
> * verify the accuracy of each varient.

Actually, I think you've skipped the most important first step - "define
the problem".

What problem is e-voting supposed to solve? If we knew what the
Government was really trying to achieve with the introduction of
e-voting (indeed, if the Government really knew what it was trying to
achieve), then the correct approach might be more obvious. As it is,
Bertie apparently sees e-voting as a solution to the problem of "how to
make Ireland a leader in technology", God only knows what Cullen thought
it was for, and Dick Roche probably has a different idea.

Aengus