Thursday, September 21, 2006

Go back to paper ballots!

Computerworld:
Avi Rubin is unique in that he is both a professor of computer science who specializes in e-voting security issues and someone who directly participates in the electoral process as a Maryland elections judge. His interest in e-voting began when he co-authored a study of Diebold Election Systems Inc. touch-screen voting software, released in July 2003. Rubin is also the author of Brave New Ballot: The Battle to Safeguard Democracy in the Age of Electronic Voting. The book, released this month, is highly critical of the security of e-voting machines used across the nation. Rubin, a professor at Johns Hopkins University, participated as an election judge in last week's primary in Baltimore County and detailed his experiences in a blog.

This week, Rubin talked with Computerworld about e-voting, last week's elections and his new book. Excerpts from that interview follow:

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