Issue:An Important Election Safeguard - New York Times:

Specific:"The solution is to require that each machine produce a paper record that can be inspected and verified by the voter. The paper records are then stored, and can be counted after the polls close. If the results on the machine do not match the tally of the paper records, it will be clear that there is a problem"


Comment:This is a gist of the idea that was/is Voter Decision Project since back in the late 80's. Back then the idea of voting using computers was ridiculous. But the core need for accountability to the voter by the "system" was/is key. I speculated that ATM machines might be utilized because they already provided the technical facility of software and a receipt. I was working at a company call SEI on a product called TRUST-AID. The design of that system, combined with my education at Temple University, allowed to explore these issues from a political rhetoric basis and a technical basis.

I encoutered confusion and concern from people. It was too foreign an idea. Computers and politics? It was too sci-fi. It was/is too democratic.
I never had the courage to ask for real money to develop the idea.