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Fair internet voting is generally an unsolvable problem, unless you have a voting list from a more reliable source and you can authenticate people on that list.
by extension 18y ago
Fair internet voting is generally an unsolvable problem, unless you have a voting list from a more reliable source and you can authenticate people on that list. Despite best practices, any high profile "best person in the world" poll has a pretty good chance of being won by moot/Lowtax/gimmick-meme-of-the-day.
- colinplamondon 18y agoBest answer is probably just to use Facebook Connect- they're already pouring money into CS reps whose job it is to take down fake accounts. Blocks out people who aren't on Facebook, but it's a simple solution to something that can otherwise be a huge timesink.
- potatolicious 18y agoHow much of CNN's viewer base is Facebook-connected? The point of this sort of polling is to drive traffic - this ain't gonna happen if most of the people can't vote without going through a big signup for a service they don't want.
- coopr 18y agoIndeed Switzerland seems to seem think that fair internet voting is possible - http://www.geneve.ch/evoting/english/presentation_projet.asp http://www.geneve.ch/evoting/english/presentation_projet.asp and http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/25/world/main645615.shtml http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/25/world/main645615.s... describe how they've experimented with it in national elections.
- moss 18y agoBut a big part of the system described there is about authenticating people as being registered voters, which is what extension said the prerequisite was for fair internet voting.