> Unfortunately, the current alternative to e-voting is long, tedious and non-realtime. Who cares about all this, when we can avoid hacked elections with said

> Unfortunately, the current alternative to e-voting is long, tedious and non-realtime. Who cares about all this, when we can avoid hacked elections with said alternatives? - specify long. It already takes >8 hours (here in France) for voters to all come cast their vote (8am -> 4pm, and sometimes later in large cities). What's a few more hours for the final count? - specify tedious. Taking shortcuts can't cut it, and sounds like a recipe for disaster. Counting envelopes and ballots is not the most exciting job ever, but it can be made easy if you have lots of "voting neighborhoods" with e.g. <750 voters - non-realtime. Who cares? If TV and radio want to spread the news, they can question people coming out of the voting building. In France, we know that final vote counts are published on voting day at 8pm. (Or is it the day after?) Anything published before are estimates, as should be. Also, why would you give any control of elections to third-parties (and require financial audits, technical limitations, etc.)? The people (e.g. randomly drawn) + the current municipal staff can handle counting envelopes. Why trust every single voter individually (peer into the glass window), when you can have a "hive" check what they do? (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18111861 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18111861)