Actually I've an Application design that handles most of the problems. The trick is to base it around the way things are done now, and not to create a 'new' way around the existing checks and balances.

Encryption -> dual keyed at two points the vote in the db itself is encrypted and there is no id linking the voter to the vote.

Corruption -> While a vote can be virtual his ballot should never be. A voters vote would print out at their normal polling place where a voter could go pick it up and review it before it is scanned into the system (or change it). Or, a voter could elect to encrypt his pin number into a bar code on the ballot that would allow poll workers to automatically submit the ballot for him.

Verification of geographical location -> Here's one of the beauties of my design THE LIBRARY CARD. The library card is a county protected document that carries the citizens age and address it would have to be checked (automated) against the voter registration list for validity. Likewise a registered voter must have a current library card. The majority of county library systems all ready have this information automated.

One man, One Vote -> See above.

This is a solution that only Open Source CAN provide. The benefits to overall security and cost to the government institutions could get Open Source recognition and acceptence by local and Federal Governments that it could never achieve otherwise.

coreolyn Duct tape devotee.
-- That's OO perl, NOT uh-oh perl !-)

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