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How does the backup aspect work for paper? Scanning? Otherwise paper is quite fragile and susceptible to combustion. What if voting was all done via paper an
by metadat 2y ago
How does the backup aspect work for paper? Scanning?
Otherwise paper is quite fragile and susceptible to combustion.
What if voting was all done via paper and you could later view the scan of your ballot as it existed at the time of count? Unfortunately there could still be funny business on the backend.
- vel0city 2y agoI'm not a fan of being able to see the values of your ballot after it is cast. It greatly opens up the possibility of coercion or bribery. If I can show how I voted, it leaves it open for someone to demand/request I prove to them how I voted. And just seeing a picture of it tells you pretty much nothing about if the system actually counted it properly or not, you still need to trust the counting system at some level. Lets say someone offers me $500 to vote for candidate X. I don't like X, but I do like money. I vote for Y, I tell them I voted for X, there is no proof either way, would they still want to give me that $500? Or if someone says, "vote for X or I'll break your legs", how would they know if I voted for X or not?
- metadat 2y agoAgreed, you raise some really good points. Thanks!
- tonymet 2y agoxerox fire protection is easier than data retention no perfect solutions, only tradeoffs