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Are those tamper proof? I recall some engineers testifying before congress about specifically making paper ballot systems that were designed to allow altering
by LinuxBender 8y ago
Are those tamper proof? I recall some engineers testifying before congress about specifically making paper ballot systems that were designed to allow altering results. DieBold I think? I don't have a link handy, but it seems that is just as fallible.
Or do you mean hand written ballots? Does anyone still use those?
And yeah, the digital ones have been hacked at DefCon by children. (their parents taught them how to hack the devices, so I guess that is cheating)
Maybe throw in some Blockchain or did I use a BS Bingo term?
- zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC 8y ago> Or do you mean hand written ballots? Does anyone still use those? Yes. The constitutional court of Germany ruled that electronic voting is essentially illegal in Germany due to all the inherent flaws, so all elections are done with pen and paper, ballot boxes, and manual counting.
- LinuxBender 8y agoThat's very impressive.
- Skye 8y agoIn the UK, ballots are still done with pen and paper. You put a cross in one of the labelled squares and fold the paper, then drop it into the ballot box. Also, while the guidelines say it has to be a cross, it could be any clear mark (though best not to risk it), as soneone drew a rude symbol in a square and it was counted as a vote! (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32693485 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32693485)
- jacques_chester 8y ago> Does anyone still use those? Most of the world's leading democracies. The USA is actually the outlier.