Voting, Voting Risk and Vote Counting

这笔赠款将用于支持一个关于美国投票和点票风险的专题讨论会。技术专家、选举官员、政治学家和其他专家将出席会议，并在对投票和投票技术进行全面审查的基础上，就最佳做法和公开问题达成共识。选举和公民的选举权是民主的基本组成部分，然而，如何公平地进行选举的性质在各国之间（甚至在各国内部）差别很大。新的投票技术似乎为那些看不懂打印选票、身体残疾、在家或偏远地区的人消除了投票障碍，使他们更容易获得投票。其他好处可能包括接近即时的结果，能够执行更复杂的投票方案（如即时决选），以及免受某些类型的选举欺诈。这种承诺有时被证明与实际表现不符，无法察觉的选举欺诈和设备故障的风险可能导致选民的幻想破灭和公民的权利被剥夺。这个主题结合了为发展而设计和为民主而设计的问题。研讨会的结果将包括一套组织和技术建议，以确保在每个领域实施的系统的可靠性，同时考虑到不同环境下的成本和可靠性需求。演讲将提供关于民主制度和采用投票设备之间相互作用的观点。具体的直接设计问题将解决如何最有效地构建和部署系统。研讨会将提供：i)评估安全可靠的投票技术的具体建议，以及ii)对理解技术采用和治理的相互作用的理论贡献。本次考试的结果将通过多种渠道传播。

This grant will support a symposium on the risks of voting and vote-counting in the United States. Technologists, election officials, political scientists and other experts will attend and will develop consensus on best practices and open questions based on a comprehensive review of voting and voting technology.Elections, and enfranchisement of citizens, are a fundamental part of democracy, yet the nature of how elections are to be fairly conducted differs widely between (and even within) countries. New voting technologies appear to offer ease of access with the removal of barriers to voting for those who can not read a printed ballot, or who are physically disabled, home-bound or at remote locations. Other benefits may include near-immediate results, ability to perform more complex balloting schemes (such as instant runoff voting), and immunity from certain types of election fraud. Such promises have on occasion proven not to match actual performance, and the risks of undetectable election fraud and equipment failure may result in disillusionment of voters and disenfranchisement of citizens.This topic combines issues involving design for development as well as design for democracy. The results of the symposium will include a set of organizational and technical recommendations to ensure the reliability of the systems implemented in each domain, considering the cost and need for reliability in different environments. The discourse will provide perspective on the interaction between democratic systems and adoption of voting equipment. Specific immediate design questions will address how the systems can be most effectively constructed and deployed.The symposium will provide: i) concrete recommendations for evaluation of secure and reliable voting technology, and ii) theoretical contributions to the understanding of the interaction of technology adoption and governance. The results of this examination will be disseminated in multiple channels.