The "trial" program to provide internet voting for deployed Military and their dependents has recently been in the news because a group of computer security experts recommend scrapping the entire system as hopelessly vulnerable. In news reports, I've only heard the firm Accenture, formerly infamous as Anderson Consulting, mentioned. Perhaps it would be more troubling if people were aware that the underlying technology was provided by Election.com, a firm in which 51.6%, a controlling interest was recently purchased by Osan Ltd. This is a firm described as being controlled by unnamed Saudi businessmen, and which may actually be based in Yemen.
When it comes to electronic voting, especially when it's based on international Internet access, our attitude should be "Trust, but verify." I urge everyone to request that, in order to actually test the results of this most dangerous experiment, that traditional paper ballots also be sent out, in the usual fashion. Soldiers and their families can then vote electronically, but the paper ballots will provide an essential re-count mechanism. If there is no ability to verify the results, how can anybody be sure the system worked?