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Festivito

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Tue Jan-25-05 12:22 AM
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8. It's the alternative to open source that presents a problem.

Whom do you trust to be uncorruptable with this much power.

No one.

Votes retention should be human verifiable at all times from before the voter releases the vote until after the term of office ends -- at minimum. E.g., ballot readable by the voter. Possibly readable by a machine with open source code, randomly tested, critically approved by all voters willing and able to read source code. Could be on plain 8.5x11 paper, computer printed on a home computer, library, or polling place; officially approved for counting at polling place.

Simple. Cheap. And, clear.

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