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Can this system be understood and verified by a 5 year old?
by Zash 11y ago
Can this system be understood and verified by a 5 year old?
- waqf 11y agoCan a 5-year-old do a rigorous security analysis of a conventional paper ballot as conducted by modern nation-states? If not, then the appropriate standard for comparison is "Could this system fool a 5-year-old?".
- eli 11y agoNo, but a five year old could understand the fundamentals of why a paper ballot is secure, even if they do not evaluate the complete implementation. This system is a little tricky just to understand conceptually. And here's the thing: voter fraud is very rare. IMHO, fear of voter fraud causes many more problems than the fraud itself. It is therefore critical that people understand and trust the voting system even if a more complex system is otherwise safer.