Wednesday, August 09, 2006

http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17275&ch=infotech
New Vote Tech Could Eliminate Vote Fraud

Scratch-and-Vote System Could Help Eliminate Election Fraud

A new lottery-style scratch card has been developed that might make elections less susceptible to rigging.

By Duncan Graham-Rowe

In future elections cryptography could allow voters to check that their “X” is associated with the candidate they voted for (Credit: istockphoto.com/Panaroid)

Compared with modern touch-screen voting systems, it may seem low tech. But according to its creators, the scratch-and-vote (S&V) system is a good way to let voters check that their ballot papers have been counted as they intended.