[ZF] re: electronic voting application

[Jim Fulton]

Jens Vagelpohl wrote:
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> On 7 Apr 2006, at 11:44, Jim Fulton wrote:
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>> 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).
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>> 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.
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> Never mind, just go ahead with the SSH solution, it's obvious you  don't 
> like this one and I don't see much value in spending my energy  trying 
> to change your mind if you already volunteered to provide a  different 
> solution.

You don't have to spend any time changing my mind if you volunteer
to run a GPG-based voting process.  I don't care that much one way
or the other.  I just want to get the initial board elected.  My proposal
is a fallback if no one else volunteers.

Jim

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