Statement about electronic voting
There is a statement available for download in pdf format which we want to get as many signatures to as possible. Signed copies can be sent to:
David O'Callaghan
c/o Computer Science Dept.
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin 2
The text is:
Since computers are inherently subject to programming and design error, equipment malfunction, and malicious tampering, we join with USACM [1] in recommending that a voter-verified audit trail be one of the essential requirements for deployment of new voting systems.
[1] United States Public Policy Committee of the Association for Computing Machinery
The following Universities and Institutions have someone collecting signatures:
- Institiute of Technology, Carlow
- University College Cork
- Dublin City University
- University of Limerick
- National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Computer Science Dept.: Margaret McGaley
- Trinity College Dublin, Computer Science Dept.: David O'Callaghan
We would also like to collect signatures from the Universities and Institutions:
- Athlone Institute of Technology
- Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown
- Cork Institute of Technology
- University College Cork
- Dublin City University
- Dublin Institute of Technology
- University College Dublin
- Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design, and Technology
- Dundalk Institute of Technology
- Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
- National University of Ireland, Galway
- Letterkenny Institute of Technology
- Limerick Institute of Technology
- Institute of Technology, Sligo
- Institute of Technology, Tallaght
- Institute of Technology, Tralee
- Waterford Institute of Technology
We have also received signatures from:
- XML Workshop