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NSF: Avoid Remote Internet Voting Systems

A study commissioned by the National Science Foundation urged election officials not to adopt remote Internet voting systems. Such systems allow a voter to cast a ballot from any location with Internet access. According to the report, these systems present significant security, reliability, and social effect issues. However, Internet voting systems deployed at polling sites could provide benefits and be implemented soon.

Internet Voting Results, Internet Policy Institute Web Site.
Report Pans Internet Voting, Wired (AP), March 6, 2001.