About a year after the Dutch government began seriously worrying
about the integrity of e-voting machines, they've literally pulled the
plug on the venture. The biggest flaw was the lack of a paper trail
according to a special committee which reported its finding this
morning. As such, Nederlanders will return to the "red pencil method"
in upcoming elections until an automated paper-counting solution can be
deployed... and then hacked.
Update: To be
perfectly clear, the regulation allowing e-voting machines has been
withdrawn -- i.e., effective immediately, there is no more e-voting in
the Netherlands. However, the Dutch government will make an overarching
decision in the next two months "to regain the trust of the public in
our voting system." Given that the government commissioned this study
themselves, the decision is expected to be a simple rubber stamp
approval.
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