Credit: Cedar Publishing Remember the online vote for your favorite jellybean color? Well, Red won! The whole idea was to test public reaction to Internet voting in Edmonton. So, opinion surveys were conducted, and a 17 member Citizens' Jury was convened to study the process and public response. The Edmonton Journal reports that after three days of hearing testimony from experts, and lots of study, just this Sunday the jury unanimously approved the further use of the technology in upcoming ele...

Credit: Cedar Publishing Remember the online vote for your favorite jellybean color? Well, Red won! The whole idea was to test public reaction to Internet voting in Edmonton. So, opinion surveys were conducted, and a 17 member Citizens' Jury was convened to study the process and public response. The Edmonton Journal reports that after three days of hearing testimony from experts, and lots of study, just this Sunday the jury unanimously approved the further use of the technology in upcoming ele...

The United States has a long history of going ahead with presidential elections. The presidential election of 1812 was conducted even though war had just been declared against the Brits. Incumbent President James Madison beat out challenger DeWitt Clinton (no relation). Voting for members of the House of Representatives in 1814 continued even as the British were burning down the White House! As this election was prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment, Senators were chosen by State l...

Credit: Edmonton.ca Yes folks, no typo. The Edmonton, Canada 2012 Internet Voting Jellybean Color Election is open to anyone wishing to participate, including foreigners from the USA! Edmonton is the capital of Alberta (about 500 miles north of Great Falls, Montana). They are planning to employ Internet voting in their November 2013 general election. You can participate in this historic experience simply by going to the city’s website and clicking on “Registration.”  Type in, and make a note o...

Credit: Edmonton.ca Yes folks, no typo. The Edmonton, Canada 2012 Internet Voting Jellybean Color Election is open to anyone wishing to participate, including foreigners from the USA! Edmonton is the capital of Alberta (about 500 miles north of Great Falls, Montana). They are planning to employ Internet voting in their November 2013 general election. You can participate in this historic experience simply by going to the city’s website and clicking on “Registration.”  Type in, and make a note o...

Credit: University of Michigan Alex Halderman, the famous DC Internet voting system hacker, and I recently debated Internet voting security issues. In my last post, I presented the Canadian Model for framing the Internet voting debate. I have also posted about the many cities in Canada that use Internet voting. But, just to be sure I am up to speed on all the issues, I'm taking an online Digital Democracy class with Professor Halderman. Our debate was during his online office hours. Issues: ...

Credit: Techstorm.com Question: Can Internet voting be done securely? While this question seems simple enough, it actually provokes conflicting and complex opinions, and sometimes strong emotions on both sides. There are folks who see Internet voting as a threat to democracy, and those who see it as an enhancement of the democratic process. Two professors of Information Systems from York University in Toronto, Saggi Nevo and Henry Kim, have written a scholarly paper on how to rationally asses...

Credit: Techstorm.com The Canadian Security Model Question: Can Internet voting be done securely? While this question seems simple enough, it actually provokes conflicting and complex opinions, and sometimes strong emotions on both sides. There are folks who see Internet voting as a threat to democracy, and those who see it as an enhancement of the democratic process. Fortunately, Canada is a land where reason prevails over emotion in civic discourse – and this includes the Internet voting s...

Credit: NationalPost.com The Drum Beat Grows Louder for Internet Voting in Canada British Columbia Before being elected as the Premier of British Columbia, which borders the US state of Washington, Christy Clark pledged that she would have her government explore the possibility of using Internet voting in BC. On August 9, 2012, BC’s Attorney General Shirley Bond announced that she had officially requested the chief electoral officer, Keith Archer, to appoint an independent panel to review the...