Re: [election-services] Defining a trusted voting process - one disabilities concern

["David Webber \(XML\)" <david@drrw.info>]

John,

Sounds good.

In the meantime we're enjoying ourselves throwing this around
and getting a better understanding of the issues here, the
needs - and then ultimately how EML can possibly
contribute to this.

I'm definately looking for help on this whole notion of
a trusted process, how attainable is this, and what
would be the potential action items to get there, with
a viable V1.0 for OASIS?

Thanks, DW

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Borras, John" <John.Borras@legsb.gov.uk>
To: "David Webber " <david@drrw.info>; <sibain@tendotzero.com>;
<dodds@conmergence.com>
Cc: "Paul Spencer" <paul.spencer@boynings.co.uk>;
<election-services@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 11:13 AM
Subject: RE: [election-services] Defining a trusted voting process - one
disabilities concern


Hi All

Apologies to all for not getting involved in this discussion and for not
replying to David/Simon's earlier enquiry re EML and the OASIS TC.  Life is
very hectic here just now with the launch of a new certification service.

I will be organising a meeting of the TC in near future to discuss a number
of issues, not least where do we go with EML now that v4 has been agreed,
and we can take this discussion at that meeting - it may provide us with a
future piece of work.

So bear with me and I'll play catch up asap.

John

-----Original Message-----
From: Simon Bain [mailto:sibain@tendotzero.com]
Sent: 18 February 2005 14:31
To: dodds@conmergence.com
Cc: 'Paul Spencer'; 'David Webber ';
election-services@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: RE: [election-services] Defining a trusted voting process - one
disabilities concern


Ed.

As somebody who has MS I can only agree with your sentiment. These issues
though I would have thought are for the politicians to ponder, naval gaze
and ultimately probably maybe ignore.

The fact of secure voting processes should be open to all however before
this is possible a process must be put into place.

All the best
Simon
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<quote who="Ed Dodds">
> FWIW: The discussion I've seen in the disabilities community has been over
> the import of the paper receipt. What doesn't seem to be brought up is
> that
> a lot of polling places aren't accessible -- and even when they are, there
> isn't enough accessible transportation to get those with disabilities to
> the
> polls. While I praise the ideal of universally accessible polling places
> my
> cynicism says they and the paper ballot issue are currently
> (functionallly)
> being used as a red herring issue put out by those who don't want the
> disabilities community to seriously consider UUID voting by the net,
> phone,
> fax, ATM, IM, email, set top box, what have you -- and as a result -- FWD
> are currently unable to vote and would be for the foreseeable future -- if
> the transportation issue isn't met -- and there is no political will to do
> so -- because folks with disabilities can't vote for it. (Anyone want to
> ride on my vicious cycle? :-))
>
> Ed Dodds
>
>>I think paper is a red herring to placate a few Luddites. Far more
> important is the issue of intimidation, which applies to many systems
> including postal votes.
>
>
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