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Men in Black (by Mark R. Levin) 2.4.1

Men in Black (by Mark R. Levin) 2.4.1

...judicial tyranny that is robbing us of our freedoms and stuffing the ballot box in favor of liberal policies. As Rush Limbaugh writes in his... Read more

22 January, 2012
Take it Over: The Game 1.0

Take it Over: The Game 1.0

Dodge apathy, debt and tuition fees to catch the ballot box in 3 different difficulty levels!Election Day is October 6. Take... Read more

30 August, 2011

Trapped in a filter bubble: How Google and Facebook only feed you what you want to hear

...cohesion and the electorate's ability to make informed choices at the ballot box. The filtering mechanism rewards our shallowest interests - throwaway clicks to stories... Read more

8 July, 2011 by Nick Heath

Electronic voting: Moving beyond the ballot box

...with mathematical rigor whether a vote cast on a computer in a ballot box has been tampered with after the fact. The system was demonstrated... Read more

8 June, 2004 by Declan McCullagh

Why I'll boycott e-voting in the May elections

Munir Kotadia: E-voting will not only compromise our privacy, it will ruin the fun of election night Read more

28 April, 2003 by Munir Kotadia

MPs pass Digital Economy Bill with few changes

The Digital Economy Bill sets out a new copyright enforcement regime that will lead to tougher penalties for those who unlawfully file-share material Read more

8 April, 2010 by David Meyer

E-voting 'must be dropped'

...significant increase in turnout. The government must retain the tried and trusted ballot box as the foundation of British democracy. Restoring public confidence in our... Read more

8 September, 2005 by Kable

Revealed: Blair's broadband wake-up call

...back at work after the election. Once together, Richards' congratulations over the ballot box successes were swept aside by Blair, who was seized with the... Read more

28 March, 2003 by Graeme Wearden

HP explains Hewlett ousting

...gain in the court what he apparently could not win at the ballot box." The judge in the case, Chancellor William B. Chandler III, has... Read more

3 April, 2002 by Ian Fried

E-commerce minister proposes online voting

...said Clark. "A safe system is a pen and paper and a ballot box -- I would never say that anything electronic is perfectly safe." The... Read more

26 October, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

Jane Wakefield: Will technology catch election fever?

What can Labour (or the Conservatives) offer you? Read more

15 May, 2001 by Jane Wakefield

Blair Witch: The buzz

...think it's really possible to run around Amazon.com stuffing the ballot box, so to speak; but again, you have to accept the information... Read more

22 October, 1999 by Don Willmott
An Offline Foundation for Online Accountable Pseudonyms

An Offline Foundation for Online Accountable Pseudonyms

...g., spamming from a free E-mail account or stuffing an online ballot box - can simply open other accounts or connect from other IP addresses... Read more

1 April, 2008
Verifiably Secure Devices

Verifiably Secure Devices

...essence a stronger notion of secure computation, and achieve it in the ballot-box model. Verifiably secure devices provide a perfect solution to the problem... Read more

5 December, 2007

Photos: Voters go high-tech at local elections

...relevant ward. The completed ballot paper is then put into a secure ballot box, as normal. The system was introduced after low levels of voter... Read more

5 May, 2006 by Andy McCue

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