Not sure anyone is going too want to admit that they have been involved in it.
Actually, there is no electronic balloting in this country (or many others), mainly due to there being too many privacy and security issues with e-voting. If you check out the Risks List http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks there have been hundreds, if not thousands, of contributions over the years about the problematic implementations of this technology.
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Destiny OlivasIT Project Manager| Washington CountyHillsboro, Or, United States
After reading the article, I am happy to say no, that is not what I am implementing.
The solutions were are looking at are still paper ballot counters, not connected to any network that can be hacked. We are looking to go from an optical reader to digital. I am an IT PM and have managed several software implementations, but elections is new territory for me.
Hi Destiny, I haven't done an implementation of that tech related to a ballot, but have used it recently for work recording/measurement by a mobile workforce. Basically they couldn't afford laptops/tablets so have paper forms that they shade in the appropriate boxes and then those are scanned when they go back to the office.
It's very old technology. Main issues are that it is so old that no-one seems to really understand how the software works any more. Also the forms themselves have to be aligned so the boxes are stil in the same precise spot on the paper - but different printers/copiers will change that. Then users don't always shade boxes in neatly, which get misread by the scanner. You need some sort of process to handle all the errors, or a sponsor who's happy to accept a 90%ish accuracy. Not the nicest of projects!
