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They could also have mentioned that each time the system is tested, some serious security incident pops up, like [1]. Each vote counts and if a digital system c

They could also have mentioned that each time the system is tested, some serious security incident pops up, like [1]. Each vote counts and if a digital system cannot provide accuracy, then don't trust it at all. People wilm start with "but the system cannot lie" when in truth it did. The british postal office did that, and we know where that went... [1] https://democracychronicles.org/swiss-post-e-voting-system/ https://democracychronicles.org/swiss-post-e-voting-system/

red_admiral 3y ago
From that page (which is from 2019): > A second error in the Swiss Post planned e-voting system has been discovered as the public intrusion test phase comes to an end. The Federal Chancellery announced the need for action and confirmed a review of the e-voting certification and approval process. I would argue that the whole point of a public intrusion test phase _before_ the system is ever used live, is to find and eliminate bugs like this. Flaws being found in this phase is surely the process working as intended? It would be a very different matter if a verifiability bug was found in the live system in 2023 as opposed to the test system in 2019.