even if I trust a system, it's hard to see how to spread that trust to others. The systems we have now for electronic voting are complicated and it'd require so

even if I trust a system, it's hard to see how to spread that trust to others. The systems we have now for electronic voting are complicated and it'd require some confidence in your understanding of the subsystems its built of and how they connect to claim you trust the assemblage. It's far too much to ask the average voter to gain that background so that they can trust their vote is being handled correctly. Simple paper ballots are quite complicated enough, thanks. There's those who can't understand the check and correction mechanisms we use for paper ballot elections, but that complexity is far closer to comprehension than any of the fancier methods proposed to replace it.