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Computerphile: Why Electronic Voting is a BAD Idea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3_0x6oaDmI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3_0x6oaDmI

• burkaman 10y ago
  This is about voter registration, it has nothing to do with electronic voting.
  • jakeogh 10y ago
    I realize that, but all to often bad ideas are implemented incrementally. Online registration is an obvious step along the way. Next up: Internet ID (for "secure" online registration).
    • burkaman 10y ago
      Well there are a bunch of comments from Debra Cleaver in this thread that make it clear that she doesn't trust online voting yet. But yes, this is an obvious step along the way. Eventually we will get to a point where online voting is practical and safer than physical voting.
      • jakeogh 10y ago
        That's the point, it wont be safer. Software and it's hardware are inherently buggy (or worse) and that's not going to change any time soon. Hand counted paper ballots are by far the safest. http://www.handcountedpaperballots.org/documents/requirements.html http://www.handcountedpaperballots.org/documents/requirement...
        • burkaman 10y ago
          But eventually, it will. I don't think we really disagree here, unless you think that widespread online registration will somehow cause online voting to inevitable happen too early. We tried electronic voting already, it didn't work very well, most states stopped doing it. When the technology gets better we will try again. Self-driving cars recently became a safe idea even though software is inherently buggy. Someday the same will be true for voting.
          • jakeogh 10y ago
            No, I really am saying electronic voting is fundamentally a bad idea, hence the the video explaining why.
• idrism 10y ago
  I'm convinced.