Comments on: ORG ElectionWatch 2007 ready to go http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2007/04/27/org-electionwatch-2007-ready-to-go/ Protecting your rights in the digital age Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:09:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Mike Simons http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2007/04/27/org-electionwatch-2007-ready-to-go/#comment-61004 Mike Simons Fri, 04 May 2007 13:44:13 +0000 http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2007/04/27/org-electionwatch-2007-ready-to-go/#comment-61004 We have been writing on the IT problems linked to the election (see link below). I know you must have been up all night but I wonder what the view is from the counting hall. I am amazed that electronic counting in Scotland proved so probelmatic given that it was relatively succesful in the 2001 GLA elections. Do people think that electronic voting is just a panacea to try and overcome voter apathy caused by the behaviour of our political parties? http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?newsid=2877 We have been writing on the IT problems linked to the election (see link below). I know you must have been up all night but I wonder what the view is from the counting hall. I am amazed that electronic counting in Scotland proved so probelmatic given that it was relatively succesful in the 2001 GLA elections.
Do people think that electronic voting is just a panacea to try and overcome voter apathy caused by the behaviour of our political parties?

http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?newsid=2877

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