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> If I dispute my vote record, I can challenge it using my secret information and quickly expose that my votes were tampered with. How can a legitimate challen
by 13415 5y ago
> If I dispute my vote record, I can challenge it using my secret information and quickly expose that my votes were tampered with.
How can a legitimate challenge be distinguished from one by malicious actors who want to nullify the election even though their votes were counted correctly?
- LinuxBender 5y agoBecause this isn't a count. This is a signature that can be verified with my data as my entry along with a series of hex codes that represent each voting item and selection. A tiny python script could be used in conjunction with the key material to quickly see if the public record has parity. Any citizen can verify their data. If even one record has been tampered with, an audit is invoked.
- JanisErdmanis 5y agoThis is a great point. Often this issue is not raised due to necessity of coercion resistance which prevents voters to prove how they voted. In absence of such requirement voters may as well be able to issue a message which invalidates the vote and can be collected by a third party. Then the invalid votes tallied collectively could be used as legitimate reason for nullifying election result.