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It does sound like a nice idea, Rekna, but it brings up a whole host of problems such as "Well, sure, it's open source and so you've got a lot of people that can look at it", but will people look at it? If they do, will they disclose the flaws or will they keep them to themselves to rig votes on election day, etc. I'm not saying "omg use Windows", but rather that using an established operating system is preferable to creating a custom operating system - and it will be much easier to develop for the established system.
If such a project got off the ground (to actively develop a secure eleectronic voting system), I'd wager that they'd go with an established OS instead of a custom built one. As it stands, you can take an OpenBSD system and set it up for a seriously locked down user that is only capable of running a single program, etc. - and that alone will eliminate the vast majority of problems associated with "fluff features." It may not be the prettiest looking thing, but it'd work.
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