Estonia to use mobile phones to simpify e-voting
A decision in the Estonian parliament has opened the door for mobile phones to be used for authenticating voters in its 2011 election.
Site tracking voting problems has glitch of its own
The EFF's OurVoteLive.org Web site was clobbered Tuesday morning by Web traffic, as people logged on to view reports of election flaws.
Electronic voting could work
There have been a rash of email scams related to the election. Besides the usual nonsense viral emails that describe the candidate of your choice as the boogeyman, complete with “absolute proof” that they eat babies and are BFFs with Osama bin Laden, there are some more dangerous ones floating around.
Election equipment companies boost Election Day tech support
Voting system manufacturers say they don’t expect major equipment glitches to disrupt voting and vote tallying on Nov. 4. Nonetheless, the leading companies that develop election machinery are boosting their technical support operations – largely from reduced levels – in the run-up to Election Day.
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