[pp.int.general] Towards a secure eDemocracy platform based on Web service standards

[Kenneth Peiruza]

There is no perfect voting system, so, stressing whilst trying to find
one is a waste of time.

One can be forced to vote for anything, even in physical elections. Do
you really think than women are free to pick their vote in male
chauvinist countries? It's not about "somebody pressing you to vote for
X in front of your computer". IMO, that is pointless.

What happens in districts with only a bunch of voters? If there's 50
voters in a tiny village, do you really think that the mafia-major of
the village will not notice that you didn't stick to what he wanted?
it's fucking easy, the one entering a privacy cabinet to hide what's his
vote, that's the one who didn't voted what he wanted.

You can't make any election 100% safe, trustable and private. There's
always some flaws. As in software security, you must reach a figure
close to 100% but never expect 100%.


In PP-CAT we have a voting system where everyone can see its own vote
and the total result, and only the System administrators (3) of the
server hosting the voting system can check the database to see what
voted every member (so far, it has never been done/requested).

The software even allows to make the vote public in case of "Y/N"
questions (just 1 option to vote), however we hidden it to ensure
voter's privacy (as this info was public, not only for members).

This system relies upon trusting these sysadmins, who are a technical
body, not a political structure. If there was any problem with these
people, we can just get new ppl to take care of the servers. However, so
far, there's no "factions" or "sides" in our party, so, we trust this
people for kind'of meritocracy.

We only use direct democracy, however this organization model (not the
software) would be compatible with liquid democracy as well.


Regards,

Kenneth

Al 14/07/12 04:20, En/na Richard Stallman ha escrit:
>     How do you make sure in electronic, non-secret voting that people do not
>     get pressured to vote a certain way (think of Neighbourhood, religious
>     comunities, spouses, parents, employers, ...)?
>
> You can't.  That is why government elections need secret ballots.
>
> However, there are other kinds of votes which in general
> are not secret.  For instance, votes of legislatures.  Votes within
> many organizations.
>
>
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