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This is super interesting, thanks for posting. What a cool idea. However, I see two potential problems and I don't think this would satisfy anyone that is conc
by burkaman 4y ago
This is super interesting, thanks for posting. What a cool idea.
However, I see two potential problems and I don't think this would satisfy anyone that is concerned about election security in America. First, this is vulnerable to someone accidentally or intentionally writing down the wrong code on their receipt, and then going on TV to display it as irrefutable proof of election fraud. With 150+ million people voting there is basically 100% chance that will happen many times.
Second, this system proves that your ballot was received and uploaded to a government website. That does address a claim of "they threw my ballot in the trash", but it does not address:
1. They're busing in illegal voters
2. Election workers are all corrupt and are just making up the count
3. They flipped my vote
4. Foreign hackers infiltrated the system and added more votes
5. They added a bunch of fake votes last minute when my guy was about to win
6. My guy did 15% better in exit polls than the actual count, something is up
etc. etc. Here's a list of real-life fraud claims, I don't think Scantegrity would resolve any of these: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/12/nine-election-fraud-claims-none-credible/ https://www.factcheck.org/2020/12/nine-election-fraud-claims...
To be clear I don't believe any of these things, but this is the sort of stuff you hear from people who are worried or claim to be worried about election fraud. They type of person who would be satisfied by their Scantegrity receipt is not the type of person who is currently making noise about election integrity.
Sorry to move the goalposts, you completely addressed the issue I described in my last comment. I'm just trying to think through if this system would actually fix anything in the US, and I think it would not. I do think it's a good idea though, and it certainly wouldn't hurt.