David Dill Quotations

With the paper-based system you can see the ballots being marked, you can see them going into a ballot box, if you have good laws you can go watch them count the ballots, and with electronic voting all of that stuff is hidden inside the machines.

If we look at security critical systems, say banking, electronic gambling, a great deal of care is put into making those machines secure, and still problems occur. I consider electing the leader of the free world to be a more critical question than who wins the lottery.

We have seen time and time again that election laws are routinely ignored - unless someone is watching.

We might have some impact, but we're conducting long-term research, and it takes quite a long time for new technology to make it into polling places.

It was done well and in reasonable taste. This was a small expenditure in the larger scheme of the IRRB, ... We have to do different things, and as long as this type of activity is a small component, I'm willing to consider it.

I like him because he's really passionate about the game.

I love their colors, blue and orange; and they are a great team. My whole family is going to be watching the games. I think they are going to go all the way.

The main application of psychology is usability. A huge problem with voting technology has been voter errors and confusion. Many of the problems of Florida in the 2000 election, including the butterfly ballot, are usability problems. Those problems aren't unique to Florida. They happen in every election with every type of equipment.