Dutch eVoting Scandal
His software is used with the Nedap voting machines currently used in 90 per cent of the electoral districts, and although it is not used in the actual vote count, it does tabulate the results on both a regional and national level.
According to the freedom of information disclosures, Groenendaal wrote to election officials in the lead up to the national elections in November 2006, threatening to cease “cooperating” if the government did not accede to his requests.
Student • March 23, 2007 7:21 AM
Interesting things:
If the printer of the paper ballots threatened with something similar, would anybody care (beyond switching to a new supplier)?
I have a feeling electronic voting needlessly gives people the ability to manipulate our democratic process.