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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 st
by burkaman 11y 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 11y agoThat'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 11y agoBut 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 agoNo, I really am saying electronic voting is fundamentally a bad idea, hence the the video explaining why.