Hijacking this to say that we need the following: 1. Risk Limiting Audits (RLAs)[1] 2. Software independence [2] 3. Paper-backed ballots (which are the offic

Hijacking this to say that we need the following: 1. Risk Limiting Audits (RLAs)[1] 2. Software independence [2] 3. Paper-backed ballots (which are the official record of the vote) that are physically voter-verified (as a requirement for the above) 4. Paper ballots are anonymized after submission, so as to avoid coercion and vote selling 5. Usability improvements An app may be a solution to some of #5 above, e.g. as a ballot marking device at the polls, but in order to be secure it should absolutely have #1 and #2. FWIW, voting.works will likely support these. The solution to long lines and timing is a complicated policy issue, which may not be solvable with technology. [1] https://www.stat.berkeley.edu/~stark/Preprints/gentle12.pdf https://www.stat.berkeley.edu/~stark/Preprints/gentle12.pdf [2] https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1098/rsta.2008.0149 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1098/rsta.2008...