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Online Consulta Attack/Vote Analysis

Abstract

On March 15 and March 21, 1999 the Zapatistas' online voting facility suffered massive simultaneous attacks. Although the attacks appear to be from many sources world-wide, a careful analysis reveals that possibly only one dedicated attacker in Nicaragua orchestrated all of it, working through accounts in Mexico,

We were successful at removing all false ballots. However at least three real ballots were totally lost because of the attacks. More may have been lost, but not many. We have learned steps to take so that in the future, no ballots will be lost.

At the time that La Consulta closed, 968 ballots were recorded. However, most of these were false ballots entered as part of the attacks. When these false ballots and the regular errors were removed, a total of 210 ballots remained. These 210 voters sent in valid ballots and received receipts for their participation. The official tally is:

210 voted on the following items:

Pos Votes	Neg Votes	Zero Votes	On Choice
207	2	1	1. uno
192	7	11	2. dos
201	2	7	3. tres
202	2	6	4. cuatro
179	8	23	5. cinco

And for the Solidarity Petition, which was not attacked:

119 signatures.

A "soft result" was achieved by counting good-faith attempts to vote that met technical difficulties for a number of reasons, some related to the attacks. The additional participants did not receive the receipt and could not be included in the official count.

The "soft results" are:

226 have voted on the following items:

Pos Votes	Neg Votes	Zero Votes	On Choice
222	2	2	1. uno
206	8	12	2. dos
216	2	8	3. tres
218	2	6	4. cuatro
193	9	24	5. cinco

And for the Solidarity Petition:

126 signatures.

Public comments contributed in La Consulta and the Solidarity Petition are shown at:
http://www.deliberate.com/consulta/comments

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