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It's a terrible idea. Paper-only elections are easily corrupted. The right answer is combining paper & electronic.
by shinigami 7y ago
It's a terrible idea. Paper-only elections are easily corrupted. The right answer is combining paper & electronic.
- mises 7y agoBut tampering with a paper-only election requires physical interference and working across many different locations. It is much easier, if you have the talent, to break into an electronic election.
- xmprt 7y agoThat's why you use both. Paper for tallying and electronic for auditing. I used to think electronics wouldn't help but now I'm starting to be convinced.
- scj 7y agoTallying is only a problem if polling stations are overcrowded. The simpler solution is to hire more counters. I can't imagine that'd be more expensive than developing custom hardware & software.
- maltalex 7y agoAlso less expensive than transporting and deploying an enormous amount of computers and networking equipment on Election Day.
- justinmchase 7y agoElectronic elections suffer the same corruption issues but are more scalable.
- jakeogh 7y agoWhat you are proposing it to "recount" when the electronic voting does not match expectations. It's a awful idea, and is equivalent to electronic-only voting since recounts are expensive and get challenged in court. Why Electronic Voting is a BAD Idea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3_0x6oaDmI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3_0x6oaDmI