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>Getting a "receipt" is also problematic: You should never be able to prove you voted A over B or vice versa since that opens up ways to intimidate people to vo
by totony 6y ago
>Getting a "receipt" is also problematic: You should never be able to prove you voted A over B or vice versa since that opens up ways to intimidate people to vote one way and coerce them to prove it.
Your receipt does not have to mention who you voted for in a way that's verifiable by a third party. But this problem is also a problem for mail-in ballots.
>using somewhat public things like SSN, "numbers in your street address" and a credit card number is a terrible idea.
Agreed, this does not mean that it is not feasible. You could use some zero-knowledge based proof that ensure that the person is allowed to vote and has voted only once without knowing his identity. Mail-in ballots are also problematic in that regard.
I dislike that people say evoting is a bad idea when we already have things like mail in ballots which are analogous to a poor e voting system.
>Also requiring a credit card or home to vote would almost certainly be unconstitutional.
But don't you need a registered address to vote?
- SahAssar 6y ago> But don't you need a registered address to vote? I'm not 100% sure here but I thought homeless could vote? > mail in ballots which are analogous to a poor e voting system. I think it is mostly about scale. It is hard to impersonate 10000 people it requires physical objects, it is easier if it is digital. One of the videos deals with this, timecode here: https://youtu.be/LkH2r-sNjQs?t=140 https://youtu.be/LkH2r-sNjQs?t=140
- totony 6y agoThat timestamp is talking about physical voting. I'd posit it's easier to impersonate 10k mail in ballots of the same state than (let's say) crack 10k private keys or whatever is used for that system. I agree though that a new system will bring about exploits vectors that are unknown, but I'm not convinced they are as bad as what is implied in that video and this thread.