
Roundup of how various places implement electronic- and online-based voting systems <http://arstechnica.com/features/2016/11/internet-based-and-open-source-how-e-voting-is-working-around-the-globe/>. Brazil: One major flaw [Prof Aranha] found was that the digital votes are randomly shuffled, as a way to provide extra security while in storage. However, the algorithm to provide that randomness is given a non-random seed: the timestamp. Australia, specifically the Australian Capital Territory: Still, despite the success of the open-source e-voting setup, [Electoral Commissioner] Green says its days may be numbered. Even though he has his doubts about the security and openness of Internet-based setups, he believes that it, not open-source e-voting, will "be the way of the future." Estonia: "If you sign something digitally with your Estonian ID card, it universally replaces a paper written signature and this can be applied anywhere—terminating contracts, creating contracts—everywhere. Everywhere you'd need a paper signature you can replace it with an electronic signature" ... And now, that applies to Internet-based voting as well.
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro