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I find it hilarious that people think pen and paper voting is more secure. The introduction of electronic voting (plus security through out of state paramilitar
by sfifs 5y ago
I find it hilarious that people think pen and paper voting is more secure. The introduction of electronic voting (plus security through out of state paramilitary forces) was a major factor in reducing electoral fraud in India, the world's largest democracy.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booth_capturing https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booth_capturing
- f1refly 5y agoYour link doesn't suggest that paper voting doesn't work, it suggests that india is a corrupt nation that couldn't manage to enforce its monopoly on violence during that time. You could in principle also just beat up everyone in the vicinity of the booth, steal their digital voting access and vote for them. You can't hack a container filled with pieces of paper.
- HideousKojima 5y agoPen and paper isn't "more secure." As a voting system it's "significantly harder to commit voter fraud against at scale" and "significantly harder to commit fraud against from halfway around the world" and "significantly harder to commit fraud against without one of your conspirators ratting you out." With electronic voting, changing one vote is as easy as changing a million.