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It seems like any electronic-based voting system should be subject to randomized audit via manual recount of its paper trail, regardless of reported margin. Thi
by c22 8y ago
It seems like any electronic-based voting system should be subject to randomized audit via manual recount of its paper trail, regardless of reported margin. This way we can reap the efficiency rewards of electronic systems while also becoming aware if wide-scale tampering has taken place.
- ball_of_lint 8y agoThat would be excellent if you had to modify hundreds of machines to influence an election but the case now is that even a few strategically chosen machines could drastically swing an election.
- marcosdumay 8y agoSo audit those machines. It's still a small number.
- regressible 8y agoSpot checking isn't enough. To claim that spot checking effectively enforces integrity is turning a blind eye, and shrugging at cut corners.
- hackandtrip 8y agoIt's not about the technical problem, it's about the perception from people of an electronic vote. People that didn't grew up in the tech revolution are going to be skeptical anyway, and I'm not sure about the ones that are full of social induces doubts about everything. It seems to me we are trying to solve a non existant problem