[ZF] re: electronic voting application

[Jim Fulton]

Jens Vagelpohl wrote:
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> On 7 Apr 2006, at 11:25, Jim Fulton wrote:
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>> So far, I haven't heard anyone volunteer to implement/run a
>> GPG/email-based system.
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> You're right, because there is *nothing* to implement on the ZF side,  
> except fo the person who tallies up the vote ensuring there is only  one 
> vote per voter, and the signature on the vote matches the pre- announced 
> signature of that person (or the signature from that person  stored on a 
> key server).

So will we use a personal address or set up a mailbox?  Who is going
to validate the GPG signatures and count the votes?  What is
involved in validating the signatures?  Who is going to coordinate
the necessary web of trust?  I don't know a lot about GPG,
but I know enough to be skeptical that it will require
no work for the people tallying the votes.  But as long as
it isn't me, whatever.

Jim

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