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Transportation systems get people places. Cars get people places fast, and are so much more effective than the old methods (horses or walking) that their increa
by LeifCarrotson 9y ago
Transportation systems get people places. Cars get people places fast, and are so much more effective than the old methods (horses or walking) that their increased danger is worth it. They just need to be safe enough. Equivalently, it's so much easier to tabulate voting results with computers that we just need to make it reliable enough.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoYes. The point is, electronic voting systems are not good enough with respect to the trust general population will have in the system. Consider that there are, and will always be, people on the losing side that argue the elections were rigged. In the paper version, the scenario is so implausible that it's not worth much attention. In an electronic system, where maybe 1% of the electorate can actually understand how it works, and only 0.1% of that 1% have enough access to actually verify it works the way it says it works, it will be much easier to argue that the other side rigged the election. For democracy to work, it's less important who is elected, and more important that everyone accepts the result of the process.