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I agree that you could easily design a system where you could have video of everyone dropping their ballots into a ballot box and it would still be impossible t
by aeturnum 6y ago
I agree that you could easily design a system where you could have video of everyone dropping their ballots into a ballot box and it would still be impossible to associate a particular vote with a voter.
However, that's not the standard. The standard is avoiding the appearance of being able to track votes. I don't trust the people who make voting machine software or the government. You don't know that your voting tabulation software correctly anonymizes the results and you shouldn't need that technical knowledge to feel safe. The correct approach is to make a system that guarantees what we want and would be impossible for a bad actor to abuse.
- WalterBright 6y agoThe gold standard would be an auditable ballot trail from voter to final tally. Any gaps in that leads to suspicion of error and fraud. That leads to bad things, as recent events amply illustrated. Yes, it can be done while still having a secret ballot.
- loveistheanswer 6y ago>The correct approach is to make a system that guarantees what we want and would be impossible for a bad actor to abuse. No such system is possible
- WalterBright 6y agoWe can do a heluva lot better.