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Unless you have a way to ensure the code actually running on voting machines is the code that was published, there is no point.
by grondilu 11y ago
Unless you have a way to ensure the code actually running on voting machines is the code that was published, there is no point.
- gpm 11y agoYes there is, it significantly raises the bar for maintaining plausible deniability while enabling voting fraud. Right now if there is a bug that creates incorrect vote totals it would be very hard to prove it was done intentionally. If the software was required to be open source, then just the fact that they were running different software than was published would be strong evidence that it was intentional.
- knight17 11y agoThe low tech solution tried in India is to have a paper trail on the electronic voting machines itself. >> ... will be fitted with a printer that will have a drop box to store the paper trail of the votes cast. This is expected to alleviate concerns — expressed earlier by the opposition led by BJP — over possible tampering of EVMs to favour a certain candidate.<< http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/2019-general-elections-to-have-paper-trail-evms-cec-116022300504_1.html http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/2019-ge... http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/EC-ready-with-new-age-electronic-voting-machines-with-printing-unit/articleshow/18299965.cms http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/EC-ready-with-new-a...