[pp.int.general] Online voting versus online discussion

[Travis McCrea]

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I have always thought it was funny when people automatically assume,
because we are a "technology party", that we would be for things like
e-voting. To me, because I understand technology, I know that there is
no good democratically secure method of evoting (and I am not sure there
ever will be).

That being said, our standards for a private group whose membership is
private and by approval only, we have different standards than a
government whose citizens cannot opt out of being members. We can assume
a basic level of trust within our organization, if our members cannot
trust PPI, they always have the option of leaving the organization.

I am not arguing for or against evoting taking place in PPI elections,
simply stating that holding ourselves to the same criteria as national
elections is silly in my opinion.

Richard Stallman wrote:
> As Swiss Pirates we have no fixed opinion yet between pro or against
> internet voting. We have even developed our own evote system.
> 
> I urge you to take a stand against it.  When people vote from zombie 
> computers, the botnet will decide their votes.  And that is not to 
> mention the possibilities for centralized fraud.
> 

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Respectfully,
Travis McCrea
International Coordinator, Pirate Party of Canada
Chief Administrative Officer, Pirate Parties International

http://travismccrea.com
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