electronic voting and Democracy

THE PROBLEM -	a presentation of electronic vote's problems
IN A NUTSHELL -	the problem in a nutshell
DETAILS -	details about e-vote differences between votes and financial data - if our bank would record only anonymous data - votes must be tangible human-readable objects - who owns the computers can alter any data they contain - e-vote results can't be verified - e-vote results can't be certified - the 1:N electronic voting scheme - voting computers are unnecessary - technology can help paper voting - e-vote and paper vote not together - public opinion and electronic voting - our Democracies are at risk, but not because we use ballot papers! - nevertheless they want us to use e-vote
GLOSSARY -	an explained list (glossary) of terms related to e-vote. democracy - elections - democratic control - the precautionary principle - 'security' and 'trustworthiness' problems - frogs - mathematical voting systems - precint count optical scans (pcos) - Voter Verified Balloting (VVPAT / VVBP) - italian paper electoral procedures
FAQ -	questions & answers which help in understanding the problem what's wrong with ballot paper? - who is interested in counterfeiting elections? - who wants us to use electronic vote? - which problems electronic vote has? - why are vvpat useless? - why is it DANGEROUS to pair electronic vote and ballot-papers? - what for an electronic vote? - why you must not vote through Internet from home? - what can international observers verify? - can't we use any electronics in elections? - can e-vote help terrorism? - how can we setup a trustable election?
NEWS -	latest news I heard about the electronic vote.
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ALL THE LINKS -	all our e-vote related links (more than 200)
ACCESSIBILITY -	shortcuts to improve accessability
CONTACT -	send messages to us
FUN -	funny (not stupid!) material about electronic vote.
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