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<DIV>Robert: any chance you can put this into acceptable format and include it?
I know that there is not widespread interest in this issue, but that is what
makes it particularly important to include it. </DIV>
<DIV>Thanks, Ginger</DIV>
<DIV><B class=moz-txt-star><U></U></B> </DIV>
<DIV><B class=moz-txt-star><U>Concise formulation</U></B></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>E-voting technologies must be examined to ensure that they do
not threaten the right to vote.</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><B class=moz-txt-star><U>Description</U></B></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Electronic
voting and identification systems may help more people exercise their right to
vote. But the potential for manipulation and invasion are
frightening.</SPAN><SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">All
voting processes, manual or electronic, are subject to error, to omission, to
physical and training problems. Electronic voting adds the issue of
vulnerability to manipulation through software particularly if there is not a
verifiable paper backup.</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><?xml:namespace prefix
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Computer hackers have every conceivable motivation, many
times incomprehensible to most of us. But without a doubt, the stakes in an
election are high enough that there most probably will be attempts to manipulate
the results. There must be an international certification process for electronic
voting machine and software manufacturers to oversee these processes and ensure
that all possible efforts are made to avoid tampering.</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">The
collection and use of voter information may seem to be a privacy issue, but it
is also a right to vote issue. A voter who is not confident that their vote will
be secret and is afraid of retribution related to their political stance may
well be affected in their decision of whether to vote and how to vote. If voter
ID information is collected in a serial manner parallel to the serial vote
tabulation, it is conceivable that the individual vote could be deciphered and
recorded. </SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: black"></SPAN><SPAN
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style="COLOR: navy"><o:p> <FONT color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">If
there is not voter confidence in the electoral process, there is no exercise of
the right to vote.</SPAN></FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<DIV><B class=moz-txt-star><U>Substance</U></B></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><B class=moz-txt-star><U>Mandate</U></B></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><B class=moz-txt-star><U>Main actors</U></B></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><U><STRONG>Priority for treatment </STRONG><STRONG>in the first annual
meeting</STRONG></U></DIV><PRE wrap=""><A name=5723><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT></A></PRE>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>-----
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B>From:</B> </FONT></FONT><A
title=rguerra@lists.privaterra.org
href="mailto:rguerra@lists.privaterra.org"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Robert Guerra</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B>To:</B> </FONT></FONT><A
title=governance@lists.cpsr.org href="mailto:governance@lists.cpsr.org"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Governance</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B>Cc:</B> </FONT></FONT><A title=plenary@wsis-cs.org
href="mailto:plenary@wsis-cs.org"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>plenary@wsis-cs.org</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 23, 2006 12:53
PM</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B>Subject:</B> [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [governance] IG
Public policy issues - approx 7 days left to deadline.. [March
31/06]</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the
entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for
specific people]<BR><BR>Click <A
href="http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/">http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/</A>
to access automatic translation of this
message!<BR>_______________________________________<BR><BR>Following-up on my
earlier email, I have gone through the messages<BR>posted on the Governance
list for the last 2 months (Feb & March) to<BR>identify which themes (if
any) have been developed for the upcoming<BR>deadline.<BR><BR>There seem to be
6 proposals developed so far. They are below and at the<BR>following
URL:<BR><BR><<A
href="http://www.writely.com/Doc.aspx?id=bbfcskzpsx44x">http://www.writely.com/Doc.aspx?id=bbfcskzpsx44x</A>><BR><BR>Regards<BR><BR>Robert<BR><BR>--<BR><BR>Proposed
Themes:<BR><BR>* User centric digital identity (Garth Graham,
March 10 & 21, 06)<BR>* Right to development (Parminder, March 7,06)<BR>*
Enhanced Cooperation (Milton Mueller, March 16, 06)<BR>* Asserting
the public-ness of the Internet as a guiding principle for<BR>IG
(Parminder, March 18, 06)<BR>* Internet content filtering and free
expression (Milton Mueller &<BR>RSF, March 21, 06)<BR>*
Affordable Internet access (Mawaki Chango, March 21,
06)<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>-- <BR>Robert Guerra <<A
href="mailto:rguerra@privaterra.org">rguerra@privaterra.org</A>><BR>Managing
Director, Privaterra<BR>Tel +1 416 893 0377 Fax +1 416 893
0374<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Plenary
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