British e-Voting Pilots Announced

rimberg writes: "The Department for Constitutional Affairs has announced it is going to trial Electronic voting using the internet and/or telephone. Bridget Prentice, Elections Minister at the department said "We need to make sure that people can vote in more convenient ways consistent with a modern lifestyle." "More and more people, and particularly young people, are using the internet everyday. We need to see if we can use this to encourage people even more to participate in the democratic process."
The Open Rights Group (Think British EFF) have responded by saying "E-voting threatens the integrity of our elections and we oppose its use in our democracy." If you want to find out more come along to one of the e-voting events starting 6th February with a screening of the superb Hacking Democracy."