e-voting: everything you need to know

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This site contains the work and writings of Jason Kitcat, Green politician and Internet consultant.

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Jason Kitcat's musings on technology, democracy and society archived by date.

2008

 July 2
   6:16 pm ORG 2008 e-counting report released!

 June 17
   12:55 pm Links: 17-06-08

 May 1
   9:23 am Finding Politics

 April 28
   11:47 pm Another study agrees, our electoral system is vulnerable
   11:03 pm Observer leader supports Greens in London

 April 18
   9:52 am Refreshing Green Election Broadcast
   9:48 am Election season away from home

 March 24
   12:49 pm 5 Ideas to Save Money and Go Green

 March 23
   9:54 am Easter '08 E-Voting and E-counting Roundup

 March 15
   12:21 am Did Council have a meeting?

 March 5
   12:59 am Ode to MacbBook Air

 February 16
   11:18 am Saturday morning at Green Party spring conference

 February 15
   10:33 am Pret-a-Manger Coffee: A note
   7:56 am Why can't I just type my postcode in...?

 February 1
   10:33 am Upcoming Dates

 January 19
   7:08 pm How short term?

 January 17
   3:58 pm Rising energy prices affecting your business?

 January 16
   11:12 am People's Post Office... Which people?

 January 11
   1:45 am A new kind of politics?

2007

 December 22
   11:13 pm Mally Christmas

 December 16
   9:41 am Thank you for voting Green

 December 12
   1:31 pm Green, a positive vote

 December 7
   12:24 am Defence Spending

 December 3
   2:47 pm Party Funding

 November 22
   9:01 am An accident waiting to happen

 November 20
   3:31 pm Championing Architecture

 November 19
   7:59 am Links 19-11-07

 November 17
   10:53 pm Sorry, not interested

 November 15
   1:25 pm Disappointment over MoJ e-voting response

 November 8
   12:27 pm Supporting yellow buses

 November 5
   7:21 pm The complexity of e-voting

 November 2
   1:45 am Asking for your votes

 October 29
   12:05 pm Links: 29-10-2007

 October 26
   11:42 pm From member to Chair and Candidate

 October 25
   12:46 am Two years later...

 October 24
   3:57 pm Gould Review published

 October 18
   4:47 pm Let's slow down

 October 11
   8:40 am Taxing times...
   8:38 am Conference Roundup

 October 3
   11:03 pm The Netherlands dumps e-voting!

 September 20
   10:21 am Links: 20-09-2007

 September 19
   11:24 pm Bank Bailout Mistake

 September 8
   11:19 pm Buy-to-let is bad news for the environment

 August 21
   8:41 pm Unfurling my Green Party flag

 August 6
   9:16 pm More on the Commission's 2007 Pilot reports
   5:55 pm Electoral Commission gets tough on pilots
   5:15 pm California drives a stake through the heart of e-voting

 July 1
   8:27 pm Launching the new Netmums site

 June 20
   7:25 am ORG's report has been published (1)

 May 11
   11:38 pm What a week...

 April 28
   8:26 am We're ready (1)

 April 27
   10:33 pm Links: 27-04-2007

 April 20
   9:29 pm Links: 20-04-2007

 April 18
   11:48 am Links: 18-04-2007

 April 10
   10:47 am Electoral Reform Society adds voice in opposition to e-voting (1)

 April 6
   9:11 pm Electoral Pilot Statutory Orders now online (0)
   8:32 pm DCA document confirms priority is convenience over security (0)
   2:53 pm OSCE guidance on e-voting (0)
   11:32 am Links: 6-04-2007

 March 30
   10:33 pm Links: 30-03-2007
   9:57 pm Watching written answers for clues (0)

 March 21
   3:52 pm Links: 21-03-2007

 March 14
   12:14 pm Links: 14-03-2007

 March 7
   11:20 am Links: 7-03-2007

 March 4
   3:20 pm More on Sir Alistair Graham's call to halt May 2007 pilots (0)
   3:10 pm Microsoft-only Estonian Internet Voting: Troubling Reports (updated) (5)

 February 28
   11:25 pm Links: 28-02-2007

 February 27
   12:12 pm Sir Alistair Graham calls for e-voting pilots to be halted (2)

 February 23
   11:27 pm Electoral Commission letter to Lord Falconer (0)
   10:49 pm Research shows voters want security and privacy over convenience (4)
   9:15 pm Estonia takes the Internet voting national election medal (3)

 February 12
   8:09 am Links: 12-02-2007

 February 11
   1:57 pm e-democracy is not direct democracy (0)

 February 9
   9:33 pm Links: 9-02-2007
   9:18 pm ORG/FIPR week of e-voting draws to a close (0)

 February 7
   8:19 pm ORG/FIPR week of e-voting frothing along (1)

 February 4
   11:40 am Links: 4-02-2007

 January 31
   9:35 pm Links: 31-01-2007

 January 29
   3:22 pm The Game is Afoot!

 January 17
   11:01 pm Taking the lid off e-voting

 January 10
   10:12 pm Links: 10-01-2007

2006

 December 31
   12:24 am Here comes 2007, and no word on the pilots (0)

 December 17
   9:09 pm Links: 17-12-2006

 December 14
   12:17 pm e-voting: The privatisation of our democratic rights (0)
   10:40 am Lithuania pushes for Internet Voting (2)
   9:34 am Turnout oddity: The 2003 figures don't add up (0)

 December 8
   8:21 pm Italy shows the doubt that electronic elections sow (0)

 November 30
   8:54 pm National Institute of Standards & Technology says e-voting machines cannot be made secure (0)
   8:16 pm Italy calls halt to electronic voting (0)
   7:56 pm Now it's jasonkitcat.com (0)

 November 28
   10:40 am Challenging electronic voting's "Yes man" (5)

 November 27
   10:55 pm Minister claims e-voting could boost turnout and secret ballot is individual's responsibility (4)

 November 25
   10:53 pm Links: 25-11-2006 USA, Italy, UK

 November 18
   11:53 pm Links: 18-11-2006
   11:42 pm Links: 18-11-2006 e-vote USA
   11:34 pm Review: "Hacking Democracy" (0)
   11:15 pm Update on e-voting in Ireland (0)

 November 14
   5:33 pm Links: 14-11-2004

 November 10
   8:09 am Links: 10-11-2006 US mid-terms

 November 8
   8:37 am Links: 8-11-2006 US mid-terms

 November 6
   9:59 pm Yahoo! do you really mean that?
   9:55 pm As the world pulls back from e-voting, the UK opts for more pilots

 November 5
   2:31 pm Links: 5-11-2006

 November 1
   3:51 pm Links: 1-11-2006

 October 31
   9:40 am Links: 31-10-2006

 October 30
   8:28 pm Camden council opts out of 2007 pilots
   4:03 pm Netherlands: Some machines withdrawn

 October 29
   10:20 pm Quebec says no to e-voting
   9:44 pm Links: 29-10-2006

 October 26
   4:51 pm Hacking Democracy

 October 24
   5:38 pm Bill Clinton on ideology gives insight into e-voting push
   12:13 am Stop the e-voting pilots in your area: It works!

 October 22
   9:16 pm Links: 22-10-2006
   4:56 pm 2007 pilots: Analysis of Prospectus

 October 19
   10:14 pm Netherlands: Nedap machines have more cracks than old paint (2)

 October 18
   11:43 pm Links: 2007 pilots coverage
   1:50 pm UK to be investigated for electoral fraud by Council of Europe

 October 17
   4:20 pm UK e-voting pilots in May 2007 announced (0)

 October 12
   11:17 pm Life on the Desktop: It's iMac time

 August 19
   11:00 pm Final LinuxUser columns and some tweaks

 July 31
   12:07 pm BookEnds: My Mac referencing friend

 July 30
   9:57 pm WriteRoom: Enjoying the Simple Life (2)

 July 22
   11:40 pm Gaming Democracy (0)

 July 18
   7:43 pm Until September my sweet friend (0)
   1:13 pm Not a good time to buy home entertainment kit

 July 15
   7:45 pm Please sir, Mr Jobs, two things only...
   9:47 am OpenDNS - case study in goodness (2)
   9:20 am Am I who you think I am? Identity and passports (4)

 June 22
   7:19 pm A quick trip to Canada (0)

 April 26
   12:32 pm The greatest coffee in the world (4)

 April 21
   9:21 pm Baby Life - the first five weeks (1)

 March 15
   10:12 pm InMyArea - has it got wings? (0)

 March 13
   12:33 pm Election Alarm Clock (0)

 March 6
   3:53 pm Life Will Never Be The Same Again (0)

 February 16
   10:57 am Confirmed: No e-voting pilots in 2006 (0)

 February 4
   12:14 pm Bahrain Balderdash (2)

 January 31
   8:27 pm Latest LinuxUser columns posted (0)

 January 23
   5:32 pm On Russian Rocks and the PM's use of Cutting Edge Technology (0)

 January 21
   3:41 pm Apple rejects the Big Bang theory (2)

 January 17
   11:36 pm 2006 wishes doing well already
   11:19 pm Islands of Information

2005

 December 18
   12:00 am The 2006 post (2)

 December 16
   11:04 pm John Lettice on CORE (0)
   10:55 pm e-voting betting scam not a surprise (0)
   10:46 pm Watmore moves on - and up (0)

 December 6
   7:12 pm Transport Direct followup... (0)

 December 5
   11:23 pm Being Heard Being a Disaster (2)

 December 2
   11:54 pm Online Communities - it's turned out ok
   11:47 pm Is the Internet Bad for Democracy? (0)

 November 16
   10:09 pm Post Conference thoughts: Mobiles are where it's at (4)

 November 15
   9:04 pm Think e-voting is easy? Then read this (0)

 November 14
   12:01 pm Selective 'airport style' security on the rail network won't work
   9:19 am Zut! e-voting problems in Quebec (0)

 November 11
   10:19 am Conference craze (0)

 November 8
   10:12 pm Workshop: Free wifi plus NMA discount (0)

 November 5
   6:19 pm Comprehensive NYC post-'open source' campaign analysis (0)

 November 2
   10:17 pm The Spam that goes beep in the night: Stopping SMS Spam (2)
   11:21 am A Cabinet Office Minister Blogs

 October 31
   10:29 pm LinuxUser columns online, here are some best bits... (0)
   5:35 pm Web Awards a go go! Please vote...

 October 28
   12:14 pm e-voting's next stop, Poland?
   9:59 am Changing email address like changing hair styles (3)

 October 20
   11:31 pm Linksys WAG54GX2 SRX Modem Router Review

 October 19
   11:35 am Workshop venue confirmed (0)

 October 16
   10:33 pm Estonia e-votes (0)

 October 13
   10:47 pm Introducing my new workshop (0)

 October 10
   1:55 pm Encouraging robust discussions and community links (0)

 October 9
   9:36 pm d.construct - Brighton flexes it's Web2.0 muscle

 October 7
   9:24 pm Why won't the e-voting story get coverage? An editorial plea (0)

 October 6
   3:18 pm Holland shows why ID cards are a no-no (0)
   3:16 pm Some real-world examples of e-voting problems (0)

 October 5
   8:21 pm Feeding time at the zoo (0)
   12:34 pm You know mobile roaming rates are too much when...
   9:59 am Chirac the smooth operator

 October 3
   1:53 pm Blackmail over Turkey

 September 30
   5:29 pm Recognising the Polish contribution to WWII
   11:30 am Why the EU should delay Turkey negotiations...

 September 29
   8:19 pm Virtual communities: It's not over yet... (2)
   4:18 pm "My Life" by Bill Clinton

 September 28
   10:30 pm New Fiction: Isis Crisis (0)

 September 26
   9:48 pm Dog Registers to Vote (0)
   3:57 pm If you didn't think agricultural subsidies were problematic...
   12:38 pm Locking up grannies

 September 25
   5:14 pm Back from the Chaos

 September 7
   2:53 am More coverage of the cancelled UK e-voting pilots (0)

 September 3
   1:05 am Confirmed: No e-voting in 2006 (0)

 August 31
   9:21 pm Not On The Label

 August 28
   7:52 pm TomTom GO 300

 August 26
   2:19 pm Keeping it simple - for tax
   1:11 pm About time...
   9:05 am 2006 e-voing pilots cancelled (0)

 August 25
   3:51 pm Skype Video - it's real

 August 24
   7:44 pm An open messaging future?

 August 18
   11:44 pm Open Source turnaround (0)
   10:46 am Working in Basecamp

 July 26
   8:38 am The New Al-Qaeda: jihad.com

 July 25
   11:34 am Let's get an EFF UK (0)

 July 24
   12:50 am The Summer Rush (0)

 June 8
   9:35 pm Clinton vs. Clinton (0)

 June 7
   5:16 pm The Long Tail in e-democracy (1)
   2:58 pm US Mickey Mouse extensions come to UK as Old Rocker extensions
   11:12 am Apple to Intel: Not fussed

 June 1
   9:47 am VoteHere enters postal voting market

 May 30
   3:43 pm Le 'Non'

 May 27
   8:34 am New Electoral Commission report

 May 19
   2:32 pm Gizmondo Sales Pitch

 May 13
   4:24 pm The Monastery (0)
   4:06 pm Voting System Reform Proposed for Queen's Speech

 May 11
   10:14 am Wheel reinvented (2)

 May 1
   4:20 pm eBay and Nigerians... oh and the election too

 April 22
   8:25 am Postal Vote Legal Challenge Denied

 April 19
   1:23 pm Google goodies for the UK

 April 15
   8:30 pm The Truth Is Out! Postal Voting, Trust and Fraud
   3:27 pm Link Catchup (0)

 April 2
   8:31 pm Jan Pawel II RIP

 April 1
   10:13 am Mac the fish

 March 31
   9:16 pm And so begins the Google backlash...

 March 30
   7:51 pm Suspect UK e-voting survey (0)

 March 29
   8:32 pm Long Tail TV

 March 17
   11:32 pm The Government Inspector

 March 11
   4:43 pm Richard Allan on the anti-terror bill (0)

 March 10
   2:56 pm Google News Customisation
   2:54 pm Japan revokes e-voting result (0)

 March 9
   12:24 am The Local e-democracy National Project Launch (3)
   12:05 am Consultations as seen by the Brighton & Hove Issues Forum

 February 26
   3:03 pm Equal Access to Information = Democracy? (5)
   2:34 pm Drawer vs Palette

 February 22
   11:25 pm New look site - like you didn't notice! (1)

 February 18
   5:42 pm Launchbar 4.0.1
   2:30 pm Communities on the Move

 February 17
   11:48 am The Government Says (0)

 February 16
   4:56 pm Finally.. wifi on the Brighton to London trek

 February 14
   4:12 pm Busy times in the e-gov and e-dem world (0)

 February 11
   12:38 pm Jimmy Smith RIP (1)

 February 9
   11:02 pm From guerilla marketing to guerilla start-ups?

 February 8
   9:55 pm Nokia troubles, Google goes cartographic and game urges...

 February 4
   11:47 am PDF vs Word compatibility

 February 2
   10:34 pm Michael Meacher blasts e-voting (1)
   7:12 pm Links 2-2-2005

 February 1
   10:00 am Alan Mather on the Government Gateway (0)

 January 27
   7:18 pm Building a security hole into our immigration process (0)

 January 25
   4:33 pm Democratic Games (0)

 January 22
   9:20 am Sex, or more precisely porn, still sells (0)

 January 18
   2:46 pm Gare du Nord

 January 13
   8:31 pm Ohio cancels e-voting for now (0)
   8:12 pm Nice graphic + Apple computers = me interested
   2:41 pm More suckers (0)

 January 11
   10:05 pm New Apple Gear

 January 5
   11:59 am Seen in Antwerp

2004

 December 29
   12:24 pm Seasons Greetings

 December 19
   8:07 pm The Rough Guide to a Better World

 December 18
   8:53 am Links 16-12-2004

 December 11
   2:47 pm E-voting pilots, no. All-postal pilots, yes (0)

 December 9
   10:57 pm UK Parliamentary inquiry on e-voting (2)
   2:36 pm Transport that just works (0)

 December 5
   11:38 am That syncing feeling

 December 2
   3:03 pm Interchange of Data between Administrations (0)

 November 29
   12:31 am So busy (0)

 November 22
   9:59 pm Link Tidy-Up

 November 19
   11:49 am Simon Williams gets ready to blog

 November 18
   3:10 pm NMK/IPPR e-voting event write-up (0)

 November 17
   3:06 pm Info Lab 21 (0)

 November 15
   8:01 pm I'm lost... send gadgets

 November 13
   5:18 pm Unions and the Internet (0)
   3:53 pm Links 13-11-2004

 November 8
   5:45 pm Election Cartograms (1)

 November 3
   11:51 pm Tracking your printouts...
   7:28 am Commitment

 November 2
   11:52 pm Some EU e-voting news (0)
   6:44 pm Boing Boing on e-voting (0)

 November 1
   7:40 pm Bushel of US e-voting experts start blogging (0)
   6:53 pm Train Information System Usability (0)

 October 31
   12:35 pm Online community consultancy - finally! (0)

 October 30
   10:43 pm Get image sizes with a click...

 October 29
   9:09 am TV Politics

 October 28
   2:41 pm Updated UK Gov Open Source policy

 October 27
   11:01 am Let's have a festival of voting

 October 22
   7:44 am Florida, e-voting... the whole USA mess

 October 19
   9:58 am London to get e-voting? (1)

 October 17
   6:09 pm Watching Tony Robbins

 October 14
   7:10 pm Operation Clark County

 October 10
   12:33 am Getting into the Presidential Debates
   12:02 am Some thoughts on consultations online

 October 9
   6:15 pm Shatner's new album (2)
   1:57 pm Links 9-10-2004
   10:43 am At the Brighton & Hove Web Awards (0)

 October 5
   5:07 pm Going for Green: Keith Taylor blogs (0)
   12:10 pm Conservatives Direct (0)

 October 4
   6:55 pm Labour Party Conference Fringe Events (2)

 October 1
   6:59 pm Death of the Department (0)
   8:03 am Labour hangs on to Hartlepool (1)

 September 30
   1:07 pm News.com world e-voting review (0)
   10:11 am Keith taylor starts blogging
   12:09 am Posting via email (0)

 September 28
   11:58 pm ACM get political, speak out against e-voting (0)
   11:40 pm Citizen Space (0)
   3:47 pm Very neat political web analysis site (0)
   3:43 pm Anti-ID card Fringe event
   3:32 pm The Labour Party Conference (0)
   1:50 pm E-Voting: Policy and Practice event (0)
   1:25 pm Chimp hacks Diebold audit log (0)
   1:14 pm Pro-hunt madness in Brighton

 September 24
   4:31 pm Links 24-09-2004

 September 22
   5:30 pm Communications of the ACM: Special Issue on E-Voting (0)

 September 21
   3:14 pm Geneva pushing Internet voting (1)
   8:09 am Perfect.co.uk on political blogging (0)

 September 17
   6:04 pm No e-voting in 2005? (0)

 September 16
   6:11 pm E-Voting article published

 September 15
   8:07 pm World first for Internet Voting in Richmond? Actually, no (0)

 September 14
   8:40 am Recycling, Statistics and GDP

 September 12
   8:52 pm Bulworth (0)
   8:18 pm Bake sales in GDP?

 September 11
   8:28 pm Incredible Quicktime VR shot

 September 10
   11:25 am More on Newham's decision to stick with MS (0)
   11:16 am Using the Net for Political Campaigning (0)

 September 8
   4:12 pm How ID databases can be misused (0)
   1:09 pm What really happened in Beslan

 September 6
   7:36 pm Windows for Warships, yes it's true (0)

 September 5
   7:25 pm E-voting by email in the US Army (0)

 September 4
   10:50 am Adieu Pinder (0)

 September 2
   1:49 pm Corrupt CDs haven't gone away
   9:00 am E-voting is expensive (0)

 August 28
   8:49 am Postcard from Paris

 August 27
   10:51 am Electoral Commission says 'No' to all-postal voting

 August 26
   9:26 pm US military to vote by email? (0)
   9:09 pm Links
   10:25 am E-voting chapter (0)
   10:20 am e-gov ain't that bad (3)
   9:00 am Ben moves from ice cream to cookies (0)

 August 23
   10:29 am Top Secret: How the US tests voting machines (0)

 August 21
   9:27 am E-voting standards catch-up (0)

 August 20
   7:19 pm The Story of Newham Council (0)
   9:48 am If it takes Kennedy several weeks...
   9:17 am Microsoft's diplomatic troubles (0)

 August 17
   11:00 am No more 'Internet', it's just 'internet' now...

 August 12
   10:27 am UK Government pays for clicks

 August 11
   7:19 pm Australian e-voting backtracks (0)

 August 10
   9:33 am Going postal
   9:11 am E-Voting in The Netherlands (0)

 August 5
   1:35 pm More terrorism than ever? Actually, no

 July 29
   8:22 pm Wall Street Journal Europe quote
   2:39 pm MPs' Websites Ten Years On (0)
   2:39 pm Ouch! Sony iPod killer slammed in WSJ

 July 28
   3:03 pm Indian e-voting goes Stateside (0)

 July 17
   10:23 am iTunes Music Store UK - I cracked

 July 16
   10:37 am Thomas C Greene on e-voting (0)

 July 13
   7:02 pm E-Voting in Europe Workshop, Austria (3)

 July 10
   12:58 pm Gyford gets recognition

 July 7
   9:14 pm E-democracy links (1)

 July 3
   9:45 pm Ron Rivest on e-voting (1)
   10:31 am E-voting Stateside (0)

 July 2
   9:10 pm 'Open Source' e-voting in the Netherlands (0)

 June 29
   10:13 pm Positive words on Open Source in e-gov

 June 18
   10:54 am Elections Roundup (0)

 June 16
   9:18 pm E-Voting Links

 June 12
   6:04 pm Election Results and Spoilt Ballots

 June 11
   4:29 pm Two interesting and timely Guardian Online articles (0)

 June 10
   11:40 am The Times expands on fraud claims

 June 9
   11:37 pm Major Cities of Europe IT Users Group conference (0)
   11:17 pm Allegations of fraud in postal ballots pile up

 June 8
   8:10 am CIO.com e-voting article (0)

 June 7
   9:32 am theyworkforyou.com goes live (0)
   9:14 am Florida Purge Understatement (0)

 June 6
   1:20 pm Links

 June 2
   6:20 pm Postal Ballot Usability
   6:13 pm Man arrested over suspected postal vote fraud
   8:12 am "You can forget legal challenges" (0)

 June 1
   8:57 pm The Onion on e-voting (0)
   12:57 pm Normal post may be lost, but not postal ballots

 May 30
   8:16 pm Some thoughts and links on voting (0)

 May 29
   3:18 pm Number Lookup Plug-in for Address Book
   2:16 pm Postal Vote Quagmire

 May 27
   11:22 am Doubts on Postal Voting getting some deserved attention

 May 24
   10:30 am T-Mobile Takeover

 May 20
   2:16 pm Momentum for all-postal voting builds (1)

 May 18
   10:43 pm Hurrah for open books

 May 12
   9:46 am Taking the time to get things right

 May 10
   2:33 pm Just when you thought it was safe! (0)

 May 6
   10:21 pm More 'reassuring' news on ID cards

 April 30
   3:14 pm No e-voting in Ireland this June! (0)

 April 28
   1:20 pm Dutch e-voting controversy (0)

 April 27
   10:15 am ID cards a go-go

 April 23
   9:23 pm How not to introduce e-voting (0)

 April 7
   2:57 am VoteHere release some code (sort of) (0)

 April 6
   11:02 pm Easter Hols

 April 4
   8:43 am Where's the context?

 April 2
   2:57 pm You win some, you lose some

 March 29
   11:48 am e-democracy in action? (0)
   11:47 am Election Manipulation?
   11:45 am Consultation Fudge
   11:44 am Holiday Cartoon
   11:43 am Resolution on Voter Verifiability
   11:41 am Horsey

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