Re: GNOME Foundation elections!

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo linuxave net>]

> > I think the main security we'll have is a manual cross-check of the
> > vote mails vs. the membership list, and members looking at their own
> > mail in the archives to be sure it's the same as what they sent.
> > We'll post the vote-count script here, so anyone can run it and verify
> > results and the script's correctness. This is what I mean by public
> > ballot simplifying everything, it really makes it easier to be sure
> > nothing funny is going on...
> 
> Instead of having to check the archives, the list should send a
> confirmation email back to the email address that it claimed to come from,
> and if the vote was spoofed, that person can say so and have the vote
> retracted.
> 
well, there is a Spanish guy who has made a voting system via browsers.
I haven't used it, so I can't say, but I saw a small demo which
impressed me. So, if you want, we can contact him.

cheers