Asking the Right Questions about Electronic Voting

Many election officials look to electronic voting systems as a means for improving their ability to more effectively conduct and administer elections. At the same time, many information technologists and activists have raised important concerns regarding the security of such systems. Policy makers are caught in the midst of a controversy with both political and technological overtones. The public debate about electronic voting is characterized by a great deal of emotion and rhetoric.
Asking the Right Questions About Electronic Voting describes the important questions and issues that election officials, policy makers, and informed citizens should ask about the use of computers and information technology in the electoral process--focusing the debate on technical and policy issues that need resolving. The report finds that while electronic voting systems have improved, federal and state governments have not made the commitment necessary for e-voting to be widely used in future elections. More funding, research, and public education are required if e-voting is to become viable.

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Election officials look to electronic voting systems as a means for improving their ability to more effectively conduct and administer elections. This work describes the important questions and issues that election officials, policy makers, and citizens should ask about the use of computers and information technology in the electoral process.

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• Authors: Committee on a Framework for Understandi, Committee on a Framework for Understanding Electronic Voting, Computer Science And Telecommunications, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sci, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Academy Of Sciences, National Research Council
• Assisted by: Richard Celeste (Editor), Herbert Lin (Editor), Dick Thornburgh (Editor)
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.04.2006
• EAN: 9780309100243
• ISBN: 978-0-309-10024-3
• No. of pages: 162
• Dimensions: 147 mm x 212 mm x 9 mm
• Weight: 272 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Internet; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories