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Electronic voting machines are a terrible idea and always have been. Not necessarily because they’re insecure but because of the perception of insecurity. In 2
by AbrahamParangi 6y ago
Electronic voting machines are a terrible idea and always have been. Not necessarily because they’re insecure but because of the perception of insecurity.
In 2004 people were screaming about Diebold, now Dominion. It’s all nonsense but the costs of electronic voting clearly exceed the benefits.
- bryanlarsen 6y agoIn 2004 the issue was the lack of a paper audit trail.
- hprotagonist 6y agoand it wasn’t nonsense, Diebold systems really was in violation of california certification laws. EFF recommends paper trails, and non-optional random sampling, and also thinks electronic voting is a bad idea: https://www.eff.org/issues/e-voting https://www.eff.org/issues/e-voting