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Independent observers are being blocked from properly observing the trials of electronic voting at the UK's forthcoming local elections. Jason Kitcat, e-voting coordinator for the Open Rights Group (ORG), says that one of the councils involved in the pilots of electronic and remote voting technologies has refused to allow the …

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  1. Colin Jackson

    adhominem

    >Jason Kitcat, e-voting coordinator for the Open Rights Group

    Seriously?

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  2. Anonymous Coward
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    Server rooms

    Whilst Voting should be free and open, would you want all and sundry wandering round your server room? Sounds like there has been a bit to much enthusiasem to set this up and a bit to little thought. As so often the case I can see lots of Polotitons getting very excited by EGovernment, but not accualy telling anyone untill to late.

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  3. Anonymous Coward
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    All and sundry?

    I'm not sure that election observers accredited by the dept of constitutional affairs really count as "all and sundry".

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