Re: Hand count or open source

[Ralph Shnelvar <ralphs@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Paul:

On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 22:52:49 -0700, you wrote:

[snip]

>
>Checking an individual vote seems to me to require that each ballot
>have a serial number or ID number that the voter can write down and
>use to check the his vote record in a database of counted votes. I can
>contemplate this idea, but I have a hard time believing that it will ever
>receive the blessing of this group, or of any other in my lifetime.

It will not, at least, receive my blessing.

Of the two evils

 (1) Not knowing if my vote was counted properly.

 (2) Knowing that I can sell my vote

I much prefer the first evil.

Ralph Shnelvar