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But all these attacks still remain possible with whatever electronic voting system you choose. So I don't see how electronic voting offers us any help here.
by enitihas 9y ago
But all these attacks still remain possible with whatever electronic voting system you choose. So I don't see how electronic voting offers us any help here.
- anigbrowl 9y agoI expanded on this in greater detail in one of my other comments and omitted to mention it again here, sorry. In addition to forcing a close vote by whatever means, you then attack the integrity of the ballot-counting process at the local level. This is easy to do in a a paper-based system because of the information asymmetry that exists from voting precincts; you don't know much about the integrity of the vote in any other precinct besides your own, and likely not even in that unless you're really interested. On the other hand, you know a lot about the general integrity of electronic transactions because you probably use a credit or debit card frequently and in many different places and contexts and it works predictably. So even though that system isn't that secure, enough people believe in it through repetition and general utility that it remains in place. Voting is infrequent and thus easier to get up conspiracy theories about.