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That's why I find the HN discussions on this so important. If the actual technology people can't see it the rest of the population has no chance. The rule of th
by pedrocr 9y ago
That's why I find the HN discussions on this so important. If the actual technology people can't see it the rest of the population has no chance. The rule of thumb, that almost never fails, is that technology always brings advantages and quickly. Sometimes it even steals their jobs. If we can get a broad agreement on the message that "trust me, I implement new technology all day every day and electronic voting is a solution looking for a problem and if your local politician tries to sell you on it he's most likely trying to steal the vote" we can do quite a bit.
- specialist 9y agoVoters know in their bones that the voting computers are bad. Voters are not the problem. Returning to paper ballots means less cheddar for cronies. Happily there's a workaround. Postal balloting (close the poll sites)! Ballots are digitally scanned as they're received at central count. So it has all the downsides of the touchscreens with all new vulnerabilities (undetectable alterations, signature mismatches, preview election counts, voter coercion...). But voters get the comfort of paper and it keeps the cheddar flowing for the cronies.