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Originally Posted by preciousjeni
Not to suggest that members aren't honest (  ) but what if they use different computers to vote more than once? And, what happens if a campus computer lab has the same IP address. That would mean anyone using that lab could only vote once.
I'm afraid there are issues in any way elections are handled. But, we do what's best for our organizations.
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Ah...you have the mind of a programmer :-) It was also tied to username. So
both the IP and username must have been unique. So let's say someone voted....their IP and username are logged. They go to another computer and log in...it will not let them vote. Also, if two women tried to use the same computer (where one voted...logged out...then another one logged in)...it also would not work. Although that wasn't necessary to prevent duplicate voting, it was a help in the aspect of confidentiality...because we felt that each person's votes should be private.
As far as duplicate IP address, a particular Internet service provider will generate dynamic IPs in a certain range for the computers accessing the internet using their service. That is why someone can be found in a general geographic area via their IP. The first 3 digits will determine the ISP. However most of us have dynamic IPs...not static. It is possible that two people
at two different times could have an IP address that is the same if they go to a computer lab. However you looking at a 10 digit number where the last 7 are randomized. I'm don't know how to compute exactly what the probability would be that the same number would be generated twice...but it seems to me it would be in the millions (I say that because I believe PA has 8 digits in their drivers licenses...and the state has millions of licensed drivers). That's why the software gave us the option of logging the IP....because I'm sure they wrote the program with organizations much larger and complex than ours which may not have registered site users.
