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I have yet to hear a compelling argument for any form of voting that involves networked computers. I worked with a guy who was in charge of the IT for Colombia
by sverige 9y ago
I have yet to hear a compelling argument for any form of voting that involves networked computers.
I worked with a guy who was in charge of the IT for Colombia's elections years ago. He had many interesting (i.e., harrowing) stories of the attempts by "bad guys" to gain physical access to the central servers. Plus what are probably the usual stories of hacking attempts. I remember thinking, Why not just use paper ballots? No one is going to take office until months after the election.
The chief advantage of computers, speed of counting and providing results, is not needed in that situation, so the liabilities from its inherent vulnerability to altering votes outweigh the benefits.
- conanbatt 9y ago>I have yet to hear a compelling argument for any form of voting that involves networked computers. You do bigger and more important decisions than voting everyday from your phone and computer. If voting were as easy as sending an email, you would be able to vote on every topic, instead of voting on someone every 4 years.