[governance] Issues concerning standing IGC members

[Michael Gurstein]

Hear, hear!

MG
-----Original Message-----
From: Carlos Afonso [mailto:ca at rits.org.br] 
Sent: July 28, 2008 7:20 AM
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Yehuda Katz
Subject: Re: [governance] Issues concerning standing IGC members

...

However, returning to my original point: I continue to find amazing that 
we take so much time to discuss a simple e-voting process for an 
informal group. Well, at least we know a little more about e-voting 
processes, but is this a central issue for our little election?

[]s fraternos

--c.a.

Yehuda Katz wrote:
> Carlos,
> 
> We are discussing Voting via the "Internet Voting" as opposed to
> "Electronic Voting" (Poll Hardware / DRE).
> 
> I understand that the Brazilians have made significant headway in
> "Electronic Voting", paperless etc.
> 
> My discourse is with pure "Internet Voting", such as we are
> part-taking in here.
> -
> 
> I will reference one incident in 2006:
> 
> Brazilian E-Vote Techie Jailed in Ecuador
> http://cbrayton.wordpress.com/2006/10/20/brazilian-e-vote-techie-jaile
> d-in-ecuador/
> 
> And here the Authorities used "Hand Counting" to recount the vote,
> which means paper was involved. I will also point out that Paper is 
> also used as the People check into the Polls to access the DRE 
> machines, as part of formal registration processes.
> -
> 
> It is interesting to read about Brazil's e-vote and 'The Supreme
> Electoral Court' Regulations for voting, and its reaching effects. 
> [the TSE, the Portuguese acronym for Tribunal Superior Eleitoral]
> 
> Ref.:
> 
> Brazil: Blogs banned from the 2008 elections [ENG]
> http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/03/30/brazil-blogs-banned-from-
> the-2008-elections/
> 
> Brasil: Blogues são proibidos nas eleições 2008 [PT]
> http://pt.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/03/30/brasil-blogues-sao-proibid
> os-das-eleicoes-2008/
> 
> Brasil: Prohíben blogs en las elecciones del 2008 [ES]
> http://es.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/04/brasil-prohiben-blogs-en-l
> as-elecciones-de-2008/
> 
> -
> 
> Electronic voting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_voting
> 
> DRE voting machines (Used in Brazil)
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRE_voting_machine
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