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It's insane that we have systems using 100% electric vote counting. Any system, even 100% paper ballots, are hackable. They key is making the hack difficult to
by MichaelApproved 8y ago
It's insane that we have systems using 100% electric vote counting.
Any system, even 100% paper ballots, are hackable. They key is making the hack difficult to scale.
Computer systems are easy to hack from a distance and in large numbers. Theoretically, one person could hack many devices from another country.
Paper ballots require someone to change/stuff in person. One person can do limited damage and would have to be in the country. You'd need to recruit large numbers for an effective operation.
Electric assistance is fine but ultimately you need a paper result that a human can read.
A computer can help you make selections and fill out the ballot but the voter must be able to read the printed result and confirm their vote was properly printed.
I'd be against any computer counting for the initial count. Manual is slower and expensive but it's worth the added cost to have a more secure voting system.
- antris 8y ago> A computer can help you make selections and fill out the ballot but the voter must be able to read the printed result and confirm their vote was properly printed. And that would essentially make the voting machine a very expensive pen.
- MichaelApproved 8y agoWhich is perfectly fine. Remember the hanging chad issue from 2000 presidential election? This expensive pen would eliminate that issue. Also, with clearly filled out ballots, manual counting would be more reliable.