Computer voting for military

[mykpart]

This is part of an email I received from the Veterans of Foreign Wars:

2. Pentagon to Offer Voting Over Internet

With the 2004 elections fast approaching, the Pentagon is unveiling its internet voting website. The Secure Electronic Registration and Voting Experiment (SERVE) will allow active duty Uniformed Services Members or any citizen who will be overseas for the 2004 elections to register and vote from any Windows-based computer with internet access. The new system, will allow for those troops deployed around the world to vote via the internet.

After the 2000 presidential election, absentee ballots came under fire when some Florida state election officials questioned overseas ballots that were improperly postmarked. Many of the overseas ballots were from US troops. According to Polli Brunelli, Director of the Pentagon’s Federal Voting Assistance Program, “Many times the troops’ ballots are sent to an address, but when the ballots get there, they have moved.”

SERVE will provide:
**Servicemembers and those living abroad the ability to cast their ballot for the 2004 presidential primaries and November general election.
**A secure internet site with assigned digital signatures.
**An alternative to people who are unable to vote via the postal service.

Federal law mandated the Pentagon to carry out a demonstration project in coordination with state election officials, but the law does not require states to participate in the project.

To find out if your State and/or county are participating, visit the SERVE website: http://www.serveusa.gov


I think this is because they are afraid that the troops in Iraq are not planning to vote for * and so they are planning to manipulate the vote if need be!

[POed_Ex_Repub]

1. I kinda wonder how long that's going to last...

I mean, it looks like a hacker magnet. I hope they have some sort of paper trail to this thing!

[Ivote]

2. IT IS NOT JUST

For the Military. It is also for DEPENDENTS and ANYONE ELSE THAT IS SERVING OVERSEAS. All US CITIZENS.
Here are the states.

The following states have expressed a strong interest in participating in SERVE. In addition, most states have selected specific counties in their state for participation. To find out if your county is participating in SERVE, follow the More Information link below.

Arkansas
Florida
Hawaii
North Carolina
South Carolina
Utah
Washington
From their website:
http://www.serveusa.gov/public/aca.aspx