I was thinking of twining about how hard my life was especially as I haven’t been able to get my CoD on for the last two weeks due to the extended PSN outage. However I was reminded this morning that it’s voting day tomorrow and given the current polling is rather disheartening for the Yes …
It’s unfortunate as we roll towards the referendum in May that the debate has become one framed around mud slinging and pandering to fears without actually discussing the system itself. Item one for the prosecution was the “No to AV” campaigns leaflet that arrived on my doorstep claiming that they believed in “One Person, One …
One of the most annoying aspects of our current electoral system is the issue of tactical voting. This is where voters feel compelled to vote for someone over their preferred candidate as otherwise someone they really don’t want might sneak in thanks to the split vote. It’s something that’s sadly very common with the current …
I love the TED talks series. It constantly throws up interesting ideas that give me pause for thought. Today I watched one that had me questioning my prejudices. I’ve long been against the concept of electronic counting of votes on account of the possibility of subverting them. Dave Bismark describes a cryptographic system that short …
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