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A feature of simple paper based systems is that normal people can understand the system and can even help to validate the process. It may have flaws, but they a
by 7952 6y ago
A feature of simple paper based systems is that normal people can understand the system and can even help to validate the process. It may have flaws, but they are pretty apparent to everyone.
Technology and encryption seems far less easy to understand and more open to malicious complaints. A voter who doesn't trust the current system is not going to trust block chains or hashing algorithms.
- rhinoceraptor 6y agoThe other feature of paper systems is that they're physical. Casting 10,000 fraudulent votes is 10,000 times harder than one fraudulent vote, unlike an attack on a digital system where if you have an attack, there is likely no significant difference.