Finally.
My paper for EVT is done! I get to see the light of day again!
(Until it's time for my qualifying exam, that is.)
The basic idea: electronic voting machines should have electronic sample ballots. Everyone should get to see exactly what the ballot will look like before going in to vote. Result: much less code in the voting machine. Loading and checking the ballot definition, displaying a ballot in any language or visual style, accepting selections and write-ins, and recording votes anonymously can all be implemented in less than 300 lines of Python.
If you're curious or interested in looking at it, let me know.
(Until it's time for my qualifying exam, that is.)
The basic idea: electronic voting machines should have electronic sample ballots. Everyone should get to see exactly what the ballot will look like before going in to vote. Result: much less code in the voting machine. Loading and checking the ballot definition, displaying a ballot in any language or visual style, accepting selections and write-ins, and recording votes anonymously can all be implemented in less than 300 lines of Python.
If you're curious or interested in looking at it, let me know.