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> How does the average citizen verify what is actually happening and that their vote is actually being counted? Volunteer to be a poll worker and to be one of
by pwg 6y ago
> How does the average citizen verify what is actually happening and that their vote is actually being counted?
Volunteer to be a poll worker and to be one of the witnesses during the counting process. You can then watch every step of the process occur openly and see that the votes are being counted accurately.
If you watch the process accurately count all of the vote papers in the box at the end of the day, you can reasonably conclude that everyone's vote in that precinct was counted accurately.
- jlokier 6y agoIf there are enough randomly selected volunteers, you can reasonably assume trust in their witness accounts together. You don't need to volunteer there personally. But wait... what if everyone assumes the volunteers are mostly ordinary citizens doing their civic duty? What if, in reality, anyone can apply to be a volunteer but the system systematically always chooses its own plants...? And when you volunteer, as luck would have it they pick someone else "at random".
- foepys 6y agoYes, that why I'm advocating pen and paper in this thread. Nothing is simpler than counting ballots by hand. It's blockchain that makes is impossible for the average voter or even for people with math or CS degrees.