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The Chaos Computer Club did some extensive educational work a couple years back to make sure we keep our paper ballots here in Germany. And this work keeps goin
by cyborgx7 9y ago
The Chaos Computer Club did some extensive educational work a couple years back to make sure we keep our paper ballots here in Germany. And this work keeps going to this day. I'm very greateful, seeing all the issues we are avoiding because of this, but the fight against misinformed or malicious politicians is still going on.
A very important factor in their work was making sure people called them "voting computers" instead of "voting machines". Most people have a sense by now that computers are hackable and insecure, if only through movies where hackers can hack every system. Calling them machines gives people the sense they are a unhackable mechanical appliances.
- dx034 9y agoVoting in Germany is very efficient anyway as votes are usually counted within 1-3 hours and a final result overnight. It's hard to see the advantage of computers, buying the machines will likely outweigh paper costs. That's a bit different in other countries where counting paper ballots can take days. Doesn't make voting machines safer, though.
- cyborgx7 9y ago>That's a bit different in other countries where counting paper ballots can take days. Seems to me the solution is to figure out what makes german voting and vote counting so efficient and replicate that, rather than switching to voting computers.
- greenshackle2 9y agoIt's that ineffable German efficiency.