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In a technical sense, yes. But there is definitely social value in having a system that is in principle auditable by (almost) everyone. An open source voting ma
by Certhas 6y ago
In a technical sense, yes. But there is definitely social value in having a system that is in principle auditable by (almost) everyone. An open source voting machine would still be only auditable by the small minority of people who can read code.
- eru 6y agoYes, exactly my point. You don't want to just have free and fair elections, you want to also convey the clear and unfakeable impression that your elections are free and fair. There's a lot of signalling involved.