From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rick Bragg Subject: {Spam?} Electronic Voting could take a lesson from GIT Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:46:54 -0400 Message-ID: <1320119214.23391.68.camel@thor> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: GIT Mailing-list X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Nov 01 04:59:25 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RL5VU-0005PF-RX for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:59:25 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753993Ab1KAD7U (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:59:20 -0400 Received: from smtp.gmnet.net ([207.136.225.2]:43285 "EHLO smtp.gmnet.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753289Ab1KAD7T (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:59:19 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 665 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:59:19 EDT MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1320724044.15496@6Y10vA3f3PWNor5Cavi60g Received: from [192.168.1.36] (pool-64-223-104-159.burl.east.myfairpoint.net [64.223.104.159]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.gmnet.net (8.14.2/8.14.2/Debian-2build1) with ESMTP id pA13l2Jb000579 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:47:18 -0400 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.3 X-MailScanner-ID: pA13l2Jb000579 X-GreenMountainNetwork-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-GreenMountainNetwork-MailScanner-From: lists@gmnet.net X-Spam-Status: Yes Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: I don't want to get off topic, but here goes: I wrote up a very simple idea and put it here: https://github.com/rbragg/PeerElect It could start off very small (in-house votes as to what food to buy for example) and grow as large as a full scale presidential election. It can also run along side of real paper votes. Anyway, just an Idea, and I think it's time has come. Seeing the electronic voting systems out there now, in real use, I shutter! Rick