Alabama: SOS Chapman wants to copy Florida model of overseas Internet voting
The Montgomery Advertiser reports: Military members and residents overseas need a better way to cast their ballots, the state's top elections official said. ...
On Monday, Chapman and members of her task force on military and overseas voting heard a presentation by Pat Hollarn, supervisor of elections for Okaloosa County in Florida, on the Internet voting pilot program she ran this year.
The program put secure voting kiosks in three overseas locations -- England, Germany and Japan -- during the general election.
Chapman said she anticipates a bill will be introduced during Alabama's next legislative session. Similar legislation did not pass during the last session. ...
The kiosks in the pilot program used secure laptops and operated for a 10-day period. Since it was a pilot program, voting officials from Okaloosa County accompanied the kiosks to verify voters' identity and eligibility. Ballots were encrypted and transmitted to a secure server. The Okaloosa Canvassing Board validated, decrypted and tabulated the ballots. -- Task Force eyeing Florida voting model | montgomeryadvertiser.com | Montgomery Advertiser