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The ideas from these forums will inform the start of the debate on October 30th. Where they will be discussed in consensus deliberation. Register here for the event
This is a forum for you to dicuss ideas on line - these ideas are your ideas - they are ideas that we may not agree with - but we are providing you with a framework for that discussion. The outcome of the Claiming our Future Event will be the results of the deliberations on the day
Proper, safe, secure, eVoting will allow the people to be consulted more frequently at low cost. We can demote and reduce politicians if we can regularly, reliably and cheaply have our say. There will be no shortage of people willing to create the software and place it into public ownership .
meg
I studied computing & programming at college. It is the easiest thing in the world to program any computer to check on how many votes it receives from a particular party and then change them to register for another party. All it needs is a simple coded programming statement using IF OR AND e.g Is the vote for party A more than X? IF so, change the next Z votes to party B AND add them to that total, OR if this block of votes is for party B, double the number AND add to B's total. Human counting of... more
I studied computing & programming at college. It is the easiest thing in the world to program any computer to check on how many votes it receives from a particular party and then change them to register for another party. All it needs is a simple coded programming statement using IF OR AND e.g Is the vote for party A more than X? IF so, change the next Z votes to party B AND add them to that total, OR if this block of votes is for party B, double the number AND add to B's total. Human counting of votes is not wholly accurate, but it's a lot safer than the hidden unrecorded inner workings of a machine which leaves no verifiable paper trail. The only system safer than paper votes is the one used by the ancient greeks, involving white & black pebbles! Meg