THE UNIVERSITY of ADELAIDE!

Audrey Bittencourt & Yichen Zhen

PAPER BALLOT
VOTING SYSTEM in AUSTRALIA INTRODUCTION
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The use of Paper Ballot is a recent issue on the political and technological debates in Australia.! The Paper Ballot system was introduced in 1858 in Australia and still it is the election voting method (AEC).!

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Since 2013, AEC have been investigating many cases of multiple votes through the last elections.! Specialists argue about the pros and cons of the paper ballot and electronic voting methods.

PAPER BALLOT is a paper document that records electors vote during an election.

PAPER BALLOT
The implementation of a secure paper ballot system is easier (Antony, 2012).

ELECTRONIC VOTING
It is a long-term investment (NCC).

PROS

PROS

It does not depend of the use of high technology (NCC). It can be counted again, if there is a suppose error (Jones, 2001) The Paper Ballot system cannot advertise if there is a fault (Smith, 2001). It is easier to encouter frauds (Antony, 2012). It spends too much time to vote and to count (Lin and Espinoza, 2007).!

The world is now facing a new technological era (Smith, 2001)

It is designed with high levels of security using encryption technologies (Smith, 2001) Voters cannot verify if their votes are inside of the electronic voting system (Lin and Espinoza, 2007) It is easier to encounter attack by hackers (Jones, 2001). It increases the number of proccess, creating a bigger probability of error (Lin and Espinoza, 2007).!

CONS

CONS

CONCLUSION
For these reasons, it is clear to understand that there are different opinions between paper ballot and electronic voting systems.!

REFERENCES
Lin, G & Espinoza, N 2007, Title, Standford University, viewed 26 February 2014, <http://cs.standford.edu/people/eroberts/ courses/cs181/projects/2006-07/electronic-voting/ index.html>.!

! Jones, D 2001, Problems with Voting Systems and the

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Applicable Standards, University of Iowa, viewed 26 February 2014, <http://homepage.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/voting/ congress.html>!

For paper voting, there are benefits involving operating convenience and avoiding error attraction.! On the other hand, there are benefits in the electronic voting such as a updating traditional systems to the new technological era and more transparent policy. The counting of Paper Ballots

! Antony, S 2012, Paper or Electronic Ballot, The Lewisville

Texan Journal, viewed 26 February 2014, <http:// lewisvilletexan.com/xoops/modules/news/article.php? storyid=854>!

! Smith, R 2001, The Risks and Benefits of Electronic Voting,

Australian Institute of Criminology, viewed 26 February 2014, <http://www.hschapman.org/pdfs/Styles%20of%20Voting/ The%20Risks%20and%20Benefits%20of%20Electronic %20Voting.pdf> !

! North Carolina Coalition (NCC), Advantages of Paper Ballot

(AEC), Australia, viewed 26 February 2014, <http:// www.aec.gov.au/Elections/Australian_Electoral_History/>

and Optical Scan (PBOS) Systems, viewed 26 February 2014, <http://www.ncvoter.net/downloads/ AdvantagesDisadvantagesOpScan.pdf>!

! Australian Electoral History, Australian Electoral Commission