RSS
German Court Says E-Voting Was Unconstitutional
from the well-how-about-that dept
It still stuns us that, despite so many problems found with e-voting technologies, that elections officials in the US seem to have no problem continuing to roll them out every election time, it looks like Germany is taking a slightly different perspective. A number of readers have sent in the news that Germany's highest court hasn't just rejected Germany's use of e-voting technologies, but declared their usage in a 2005 election as unconstitutional, due to the unreliable nature of the machines and (more importantly) the fact that the black box nature of the machines made the elections not as transparent as required. That said... it also allowed the results from the election to stand, saying there was no actual evidence of mistakes. Still, perhaps other courts will start to recognize this as well: when you make the details of the election and how the results are counted totally secret, you cannot have a citizenry that believes that the election results were fair or accurate.
9 Comments | Leave a Comment..
- Big News: Germany Says It Won't Sign ACTA [Update: ... Yet]
- German Court: ISP Must Not Block Access To Foreign Sites, Even If They Are Illegal
- German Court Decisions Make Everyday Use Of The Internet Increasingly Risky There
- VW Will Block BlackBerry Email When People Are Off Work. Isn't That When It's Most Useful?
- The Pirate Party Effect: German Greens Scramble To Draw Up Digital Policies To Hold On To Voters
Reader Comments (rss)
(Flattened / Threaded)
[ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]
[ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]
I happen to believe that ink can be replaced across the board and without exception.
[ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]
Re:
I never said they can't be made open and transparent. I'm all for it if they can be. But the ones in use are NOT. I've been talking to some folks who *are* working on an open and transparent system, and I'm hoping to see their solution get some traction soon.
[ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]
transparentcy
Sorry i'm feeling goofy today.
[ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]
[ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]
Re: transparentcy
[ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]
Samsunhaber
[ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]
Samsunhaber
[ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]
Add Your Comment