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> voter fraud. Red Herring. Not counting voter registration fraud, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/12/01/0-000002-percent-of-all-the-ballo
by jsymolon 9y ago
> voter fraud.
Red Herring. Not counting voter registration fraud,
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/12/01/0-000002-percent-of-all-the-ballots-cast-in-the-2016-election-were-fraudulent/?utm_term=.b50b8cb8b06b" https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/12/01/0-... Washington Post only found 4 cases in the 2016 election.
- tenaciousDaniel 9y agoHa, yeah I was going back and forth between adding "to the extent that it exists". Nonetheless, we can't predict whether fraud/hacking is something we'll need to really worry about in the future. If a good solution exists, we should strive for it I think.
- andrepd 9y agoIn case you haven't noticed, there are some other countries in this planet beside the United States :P. Voter fraud is a major problem in many developing countries, and electronic voting (if properly implemented) could help tremendously in making elections a great deal more transparent.