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Communications of the ACM, Volume 33, Issue 11

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https://doi.org/10.1145/92755.92787

Published: 01 November 1990 Publication History

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Background: Errors and alleged fraud in computer-based elections have been recurring Risks Forum themes. The state of the computing art continues to be primitive. Punch-card systems are seriously flawed and easily tampered with, and still in widespread use. Direct recording equipment is also suspect, with no ballots, no guaranteed audit trails, and no real assurances that votes cast are properly recorded and processed.

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Nov. 1990

123 pages

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DOI:10.1145/92755

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