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"The core of our American democracy is the right to vote. Implicit in that right is the notion that that vote be private, that vote be secure, and that vote be counted as it was intended when it was cast by the voter. And I think what we're encountering is a pivotal moment in our democracy where all of that is being called into question." (more here)

Kevin Shelley, former
California Sec. of State


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Internet voting has gained a resurgence of support in recent months, especially for use in providing easier voting methods for U.S. citizens living abroad and military personnel stationed overseas. However, there are numerous concerns about the security, confidentiality, and reliability of the currently proposed internet-based voting systems.

You can find out more information on the topic of internet voting in the following sections:

The Computer Technologists' Statement on Internet Voting


In 2008, Verified Voting founder David Dill organized the Computer Technologists' Statement on Internet Voting. The Technologist's Statement warns against "pilot" Internet voting projects and describes the severe challenges that must be met if an Internet voting system is to justify public confidence. Read more.

Internet Voting Studies


This section contains links to various studies related to internet voting.

California Secretary of State's Task Force on Internet Voting

National Science Foundation Internet Voting Report (pdf link)

SERVE voting system security report

Internet Voting Articles


A selection of articles concisely discussing the issues involved in internet voting.

Two page article about Internet voting in 2008; includes links to articles about earlier efforts (Michigan 2004, Democrats Abroad)
www.nytimes.com/2008/03/22/us/politics/22web-seelye.html

If I can shop and bank online, why cant I vote online? (Download PDF Version)

Internet Voting Proposals


The following are proposals for implementing internet in the United States.

Florida's Internet Voting:
Operation Bravo / Okaloosa Distance Balloting Pilot (ODBP)
election.dos.state.fl.us/voting-systems/pdf/ODBPplanJune_19.pdf
www.operationbravo.org/our_solutions.html

Alabama's Internet voting:
www.govtech.com/pcio/articles/271909
Executive order of AL Governor Bob Riley re implementation of Internet voting task force
governorpress.alabama.gov/pr/ex-40-2008-03-03.asp




Below, you can find a chronology of articles posted at Verified Voting Foundation on the issue of internet voting. Also, see a list of articles posted at verifiedvotingfoundation.org.

State Election Officials: Recountable Process A Must for Overseas Voters
July 27th, 2010

Online Voting: All That Glitters Is Not Gold (Unless You're a Vendor)
by Dan McCreaThe Huffington Post
July 20th, 2010

Cast Your Presidential Ballot Online?
by Paul EngABC News
November 2nd, 2004

The Pentagon's Troubling Role
by Editorials/Op-Edstory here
September 3rd, 2004

Barely two months before the presidential vote, Missouri's secretary of state has suddenly announced that he will allow military voters from his state - one of the most pivotal in the election - to e-mail ballots from combat zones to the Defense Department. E-mail is far too insecure to be used for voting.


Blind group withdrawing voting machine lawsuit
story here
June 15th, 2004
LANCASTER An advocacy group for the blind wants to its lawsuit against Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell and 30 Ohio counties, including Fairfield County.
The National Federation of the Blind of Ohio filed a motion Friday to dismiss the lawsuit, which was filed April 20

Military hustles so troops can vote
story here
May 24th, 2004
Military officials are hustling to ensure that troops deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere abroad know their widely varying state rules on absentee ballots, the result of the Pentagon's abandoning plans to have them vote via the Internet.

E-Voting Enthusiasts Face Hurdles
story here
April 5th, 2004
Internet voting in a U.S. presidential election is gone, but it is not forgotten. The security concerns that last month forced the Pentagon to cancel a project allowing some military personnel and other U.S. citizens to vote online from overseas in November dampened the Internet voting initiative, but it did not deter enthusiasts.

Pentagon Drops Plan To Test Internet Voting
story here
March 31st, 2004
The Pentagon has decided to a $22 million pilot plan to test Internet voting for 100,000 American military personnel and civilians living overseas after lingering security concerns, officials said yesterday.

Online voting doubted: Officials cite concerns after ULL experience
story here
March 20th, 2004
LAFAYETTE University of Louisiana at Lafayette students voted exclusively online this week during Student Government Association elections, the fifth time they have done so.

Internet voting not likely in state
story here
March 19th, 2004
Oconomowoc - The Common Council has gone on record endorsing Internet voting for municipal elections, but the chairman of the state Elections Board said Wednesday that it's highly unlikely Wisconsin will ever allow voting through the Internet.

FIGHTING FOR VOTER SECURITY
story here
February 27th, 2004
The Pentagon has retreated! Not from some foreign enemy, but from a domestic enemy: Electronic voting machines.

Pentagon nixes Internet voting: Questions about security linger
story here
February 23rd, 2004
The Defense Department's decision to temporarily shelve its Internet voting plan has received mixed reviews. Computer scientists who considered the idea too risky are applauding, but industry advocates of electronic voting are disappointed.

Ex White House chief questions internet voting
story here
February 19th, 2004
Electronic voting raises concerns security, privacy, fraud
DETROIT John Podesta, former White House chief of staff in the Clinton administration, has doubts about the security of Internet voting.

U.S. considers e-vote for primaries
story here
February 12th, 2004
(U-WIRE) LOS ANGELES The U.S. Department of Defense explored an option that would allow citizens overseas to vote online for the upcoming presidential election, but the project was abandoned last Friday.

Will Internet Balloting Click?
Foes cite lack of safeguards
story here
February 11th, 2004
Four years after a now-defunct local company ran the first online Democratic primary, the state of Internet voting is at a tenuous crossroads.

Michigan Net ballots get vote of approval
story here
February 9th, 2004
The only U.S. presidential contest in 2004 to use Internet voting was completed over the weekend without a hitch, the Michigan Democratic Party said Monday.
Michigan's caucus, in which nearly one-third of the votes cast arrived through the Internet, gave presidential contender John Kerry another early victory over rivals Howard Dean, John Edwards and Wesley Clark.

Michigan perseveres with Internet voting
story here
February 9th, 2004
Michigan Democrats will choose their presidential candidate via the Internet, despite doubts cast by the US Defense Department on online voting's security

Sometime via the 'Net?
story here
February 9th, 2004
I wrote about Internet-based voting after the chad-filled fiasco of the last presidential election. The column was not all that sanguine about the prospects, and events of the last few weeks have reinforced my skepticism.

Michigan tries online balloting: Attempt by Dems in Arizona in 2000 was unsuccessful
story here
February 7th, 2004
Today's caucuses in Michigan featured the presidential primary season's only opportunity to cast an early vote over the Internet, a novelty that brought Arizona Democrats international attention when they pioneered it with limited success four years ago.

Michigan Dems Vote Online
story here
February 6th, 2004
Thousands of Michigan Democrats have cast ballots for Saturday's caucuses using an Internet system that security experts say shares some of the risks found in a just-scrapped Pentagon effort.
Party officials insist they have safeguards and note that these particular ballots, unlike those in the $22 million Pentagon program, are not meant to be secret.

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