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Convenience over security. I don't like that. The #1 goal of a voting system should be to prevent a hostile state from secretly hijacking your elections. How
by baobabKoodaa 2y ago
Convenience over security. I don't like that.
The #1 goal of a voting system should be to prevent a hostile state from secretly hijacking your elections.
How convenient voting is can make a difference between 57% voter turnout versus 62% voter turnout. That's largely irrelevant.
- mariusor 2y agoI think you are severely overestimating the turnover for ballots. Yes, presidential elections might get ~50%, but anything else does not. The capability of having ballots cast from your own device would allow for more in depth participation into issues which currently are mostly ignored: local politics and even exercising the democratic process at national legislature level. When everyone can vote easily, they hardly need a bunch of corrupt old men in parliament to vote for them.
- baobabKoodaa 2y agoMy point is that a small bump in voter turnout is not worth sacrificing the integrity of the voting scheme. That point applies just as well with a 50% turnout as it does with a 30% turnout. For example, a bump from 30% to 35% is largely irrelevant. If everyone can conveniently vote and then no-one's votes are counted because Putin makes up tally numbers, that sucks.