[EL] Internet Voting in Canada Reply to Good ol' Joe

[John Meyer]

The real problem is that, while some ballots can be stolen in paper, machine and other modes, the clever hacker would have such a huge field if we went to
Internet voting.  I also might point out that it could have its own discrimination problems as the poor are less likely to have Internet access.  And there is quite an
 identification problem, although massive mail ballots have the same weakness.  


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 From: wjk <wjkellpro at aol.com>
To: law-election at department-lists.uci.edu 
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 3:15 PM
Subject: [EL] Internet Voting in Canada Reply to Good ol' Joe
 

 
Good ol’ Joe can do some incredibly tough name calling over the Internet. Wow, dude – you’re a gutsy guy!
 
Getting back to the election law issues, over 40 cities in Canada have used Internet voting (after changing their laws to accommodate it). If good ol’ Joe’s 'scientifically validated' statement were true, then the entire nation of Canada must be smoking something. This would have to include Elections Canada, the agency that runs national elections, because, as I show in my first article, they want to offer Internet voting for all national elections. 
 
Joe’s slightly exaggerated claim is emotion-based rather than factual. He appears to be fully caught up in the Moral Panic over the supposed insecurity of Internet voting – a Moral Panic that is uniquely American.
 
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Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:41:02 -0400
From: Joseph Lorenzo Hall <joehall at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [EL] Canada?s National Debate over Internet Voting
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I don't often feed trolls, but when I do, I prefer them to be William Kelleher.
 
Suffice it to say that every single technical expert you can find will
advise vociferously against internet voting at this time.
 
That is all and sorry for unusual snark from me.
 
best, Joe
 
On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 2:17 PM, wjk <wjkellpro at aol.com> wrote:
>  
> Canada?s National Debate over Internet Voting: Part Three - The Drum Beat
> Grows Louder for Internet Voting in Canada
> http://ivn.us/tomorrows-democracy/2012/09/17/canadas-national-debate-over-internet-voting-part-3/
> "Big Mo," as campaign directors say, is in favor of Internet voting in
> Canada. Even Native Canadians are doing it! Check out the first two posts,
> too!
>  
> More to come on security issues ?
>  
> William J. Kelleher, Ph.D.
> Political Scientist, author, speaker,
> CEO for The Internet Voting Research and Education Fund
> a CA Nonprofit Foundation
> Email: Internetvoting at gmail.com
> Blog: http://tinyurl.com/IV4All
> Twitter: wjkno1
>  
> Author of Internet Voting Now!
> Kindle edition: http://tinyurl.com/IntV-Now
> In paper: http://tinyurl.com/IVNow2011
>  
 
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