lkk@mit-eddie.MIT.EDU (Larry Kolodney) (03/12/86)
"Computerized Voting: No Standards and a Lot of Questions"
Ms. Eva Waskell
Independent Investigative Reporter and Science Writer
Wednesday, March 19, 1986, 7:30
(This talk was postponed last month due to closed airports.)
Ms. Waskell will address problems involved with computerized voting
programs. She will relate the status of litigation in several
jurisdictions and will suggest safeguards in the voting system.
Ms. Waskell's research provided a basis for several New York Times
articles exposing problems with the most popular computerized balloting
system in use.
(Sponsored by Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility)
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02142, or call Steve Berlin at 253-6018.
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