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Talk about rapid response. Serve, a program that would have let military personnel overseas vote by Internet, got killed before our story came out ("One Click, One Vote," Wired 12.03). A review panel trashed the system for security problems. In a memo, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz acknowledged Serve’s "inability to ensure legitimacy of votes," […]

Talk about rapid response. Serve, a program that would have let military personnel overseas vote by Internet, got killed before our story came out ("One Click, One Vote," Wired 12.03). A review panel trashed the system for security problems. In a memo, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz acknowledged Serve's "inability to ensure legitimacy of votes," but vowed to continue efforts to cast ballots over the Internet.

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