Last updated on:
3/4/2009 |
Author: ProCon.org
Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project Biography
- Position:
- Not Clearly Pro or Con to the question "Do Electronic Voting Machines Improve the Voting Process?"
- Reasoning:
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“Touchscreens are, in our opinion, still unproven. Some counties, like Riverside, California, have had good experiences; other counties like Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and many counties in New Mexico had…faults and problems.”
“Voting: What Is and What Could Be,” Caltech/MIT Voting Project Report, July, 2001
- Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Organizations/VIPs/Others
Individuals and organizations that do not fit into the other star categories. - Description:
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A collaborative research project on election issues between California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- Mission:
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To prevent a recurrence of the problems that threatened the 2000 U.S. Presidential election
- Other:
- None found
- Quoted in:
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- Did Electronic Voting Machines in the 2000 and 2004 Elections Give an Advantage to a Particular Political Party?
- What Are Residual Votes?
- Do Electronic Voting Machines Allow for Meaningful Audits?
- Do Electronic Voting Machines Prevent Residual Votes?
- Do Voters Who Use Electronic Voting Machines Find Them Easy to Use?