Rivest's ThreeBallot Voting System

steve@waits.net (Stephen Waits) — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 19:05:54 -0500

Ron Rivest (he’s the “R” in RSA) has published a paper on a new secure, private voting system.

It’s interesting - but he’s giving our public a bit too much credit. I do think much of the system could be automated, or dumbed down enough for regular idiots to deal with it; however, people simply won’t be able to understand why their receipt doesn’t match their vote. Furthermore, I don’t think most people will even be able to look up their vote online. Still, it’s new and very interesting.

I also like that it supports Approval Voting without too much effort. If we could get Approval voting (it’s simpler than Condorcet or IRV [which is broken anyway]) into action in this world, we’d all be much better off.

Get the paper here.

swaits.com: Rivest's ThreeBallot Voting System

Rivest's ThreeBallot Voting System