Can the problems plaguing electronic voting be resolved by using an open-source program ?
964535
No... there needs to be no electronic involvement.  Votes need to be done on paper, countable, and recountable.  We must have a system that can be verified and legitimized.  I have already volunteered to spend many, many hours counting ballots (along with two others).
305219
Well, unfortunately i have no idea where u come from,  The only way is to have the Eu or USA or UN monitor the elections and then make sure that people were allowed to vote freely and w/o temptation.  IN the short run nothing ill change as far as corruption, but in the long run, things might change, give it time... thats the key
612016
The voting site is closed.\nThank you for your interest.
839947
Vote regardless if it fixed or not because your expressing your approval or disapproval of the leading representing you. Your never gonna have 100% clean election with human error factored in. Gerrymandering is good way to fix a election to ensure you get reelected every-time, and computer crash could occur in 2006 but likely 90% of the election results will be clean. The Die-bold Machines only vote for Benedict Arnold like the Princeton study concluded but you should vote anyways because that is what democracy is about.
780274
nope... the joy of open source... why not ask again and see if you get a different answer.
1037931
You might look at running open source tools, since I doubt you'll get any of those for free.  See: http://www.opensourcetesting.org
797080
Voting & a paper trail is all good but for total verification we will need to eliminate all secretcy retain a genuine ballot leaving the polls! Publically post this same exact copy on your county website! Plus be able trace anyone's accountability when transmitted numerically open to the public no hiding in secret! So like how you manage a bank account you can moniter all functions through every level of accountability! People against this don't like it cause cheating is easier carried out from the start if you have no means of verification! Having everything accessable to all is to keep it all honest & put more responsability on the individual to tract his or her vote from start to finish ending in the numeric statistics etc. If it can not be resolved soon i would support the revolution hopefully to inact a true Democracy with complete rule & control by the legal majority of citizens!
1024098
Something like this perhaps...\nhttp://www.vote-smart.org/voting_category.php?can_id=CNIP9107
989484
Like all electronic instruments, it can be rigged. I am in a position where I can confirm that. The best method of voting remains 1 man/woman 1 vote via a ballot paper which has to be manually marked. I suppose the Republicans will disagree with this because it means they cannot use the Supreme Court to help them win elections.
299544
Quick way to solve regular reoccurring problems.\n\nDoes not work for non-standard problems (those that do not follow the system).
152754
Try http://www.sourceforge.net\n\nEverything there is open source.
324017
Good Luck!  I work for a major telecom and our folks who define IT standards are almost anti-opensource.  I get the impression that the decision makers are under the impression that if it doesn't anything, it can't be a decent product.
72222
I don't know what websites you are looking at, but a quick search yields: http://www.politicalcompass.org/  Have you tried this one?  Also, I think Project Vote Smart has something like what you describe: http://www.vote-smart.org/index.htm
680865
I suggest contacting your software vendor for the names of other clients, or they may know of a user group.  Also, try Googling the name of the program and "user group" and you may get a hit.
448760
The effectiveness of this suggestion varies by jurisdiction to jurisdiction.\n\nThe information is publicly available in the united states because any one can verify a voters privilege to voting rights.\n\nThe problem is how, sometimes one needs to go the the registrar or clerk and ask to see the records.\n\nIn many cases it can be found on line.\n\nGo to the Internet site for the jurisdiction, sometimes a state, sometimes a county, sometimes a city / township, sometimes a congressional district etc and look for voter information.\n\nIf you are lazy write a letter to the federal or state Representative for the area asking where to search for the information on line.\n\nThe information that you can expect your manual or automatic search to return is\nName of the voter\nAddress of the voter\nPrevious place (district) registered\nWhen registered (sometimes)\nLast voted (sometimes)\nDeclared primary party (sometimes)\n\nYou should not find things like phone numbers or social security numbers, date of birth etc etc.\n\nThere are a few states where voter information is maintained by the DMV  but this is not true of all states that have motor voter laws.\n\n\nHave you tried a phone directory like\nwww.anywho.com?
482323
I don't have experience with either of the tools you mention, but I've included a link to a list of open source PM tools.
812821
It is so hard to believe how many American's do NOT understand that this country has most likely NEVER had honest elections or a legitimate political process! Only public claims by political insiders that it is legitimate! The cheating did not start with E-voting machines rather this method makes who gets paid off cheaper when producing the numeric results regardless of what method of cheating has taken place! If banks & credit card companies can find ways to curtail fraud surely we can do like wise with a voting system, But i do not think it should be keept secret & you need a record of the ballot plus post it publically on a county website for all to see & access in attempt to keep things honest!