Wisconsin Requires Open Source, Verifiable Voting 375
AdamBLang writes "Previously covered on Slashdot, Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle today signed legislation that "will require the software of touch-screen voting machines used in elections to be open-source. Municipalities that use electronic voting machines are responsible for providing to the public, on request, the code used." Madison's Capital Times reports "the bill requires that if a municipality uses an electronic voting system that consists of a voting machine, the machine must generate a complete paper ballot showing all votes cast by each elector that is visually verifiable by the elector before he or she leaves the machine.""
Common sense? (Score:1, Funny)
That's great, but (Score:5, Funny)
Unfortunately, (Score:5, Funny)
Uh oh! I see the next calamity approaching! (Score:5, Funny)
Oh wait, whew, Wisconsin, not Florida...
Re:ABOUT GODDAMN TIME! (Score:3, Funny)
The printed receipt is fine. Governments have known how to manipulate those for centuries.
buried in the legalese (Score:5, Funny)
Of course buried in the legalese was the rest of the bill:
The vote-tallying software shall be closed source and shall be owned in whole by Diebold. As such, the printed ballot shown to elector may have no bearing on actual vote recorded. Names may be substituted based on (1) party of candidate (2) intelligence of choice (3) corruption in district (4) time of day (5) OR if you live in Palm Beach or Broward County, pure whimsy. Additionally, elector may be fined or audited based on vote case, or in extreme cases, placed on the National Do-Not-Fly list and scheduled for investigation by the Department of Homeland Security.
Re:KISS (Score:4, Funny)
Democracy run amok! (Score:3, Funny)
-- scsg
Re:Nonsense (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Uh oh! I see the next calamity approaching! (Score:2, Funny)
Link. [ebaumsworld.com]
Re:KISS (Score:5, Funny)
ReceiptID 243524534523423454345234234
Voted For: Kodos
------ Begin PHP Signatre Block -----
(signature here)
------ End PHP Signatre Block -----
------ End PHP Signed Text -----
I think what you're looking for is 'PGP" signed, but hen again some folks will use php for damn near anything.
Re:The greatest democracy? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Federal Mandate Time (Score:3, Funny)
Only 35 solutions? I'm pretty sure we have more states than that... Are you using wikipedia for reference again?
Re:KISS (Score:3, Funny)
Well, if you're using PHP, I know exactly how I'd vote:
Etc...
Re:This should not be news. (Score:3, Funny)
AH! But then it's GOOD NEWS!
In other news ... (Score:1, Funny)
In a pilot trial of this technology last November, however, it seems that all electronic voting machines segfaulted since no candidate received a positive score.