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Here you go: http://www.vvk.ee/public/Verification_of_I-Votes.pdf http://www.vvk.ee/public/Verification_of_I-Votes.pdf More info: http://www.vvk.ee/voting-meth

by relix 12y ago

Here you go: http://www.vvk.ee/public/Verification_of_I-Votes.pdf http://www.vvk.ee/public/Verification_of_I-Votes.pdf More info: http://www.vvk.ee/voting-methods-in-estonia/engindex/ http://www.vvk.ee/voting-methods-in-estonia/engindex/

throwaway9995 12y ago
Based on the first link, it looks like the system does not solve the second concern (privacy of the ballot) at all. If the user can verify how his vote was counted (in the example, using a smartphone app), then someone applying pressure on the voter can force him to verify that he voted the "right" way. This is my problem with all these e-voting systems. They throw away hundreds of years of development in ballot security, assuming all those problems that have historically followed elections no longer apply.
- relix 12y ago
  Using regular paper ballot, you can force the voter to take a picture of his vote before he puts it in the box. It's that simple to put pressure on someone voting by paper. Oh, you can get a new voting form after you mark and photographed the first one? The criminal can stand outside the voting booth to make sure you don't go out and in again. If you think papervoting is 100% secure you're naive. That's why e-voting doesn't need to be 100% secure, it just needs to be as secure as papervoting is now. The advantage with e-voting is that you can surpass the safety of papervoting. Using e-voting it's actually much harder to put pressure on any voting. If you had read how it actually works, you'd have noticed that you're able to verify your vote only for up to 30 minutes after placing it. You're also able to change your vote by re-voting - the last vote counts. There still is a paperbased voting a week after e-voting ends, and if you go and vote by paper, that one overrides any electronic vote you might have made. It shows a lack of respect that you try to put down a system you obviously haven't looked into and know nothing about. You hear "voting on the internet" and have a knee-jerk reaction that it's bad. Please in the future before you take a standpoint on any side of a discussion, research both sides, instead of throwing around opinions without merit. If everyone would have an informed opinion instead of just an opinion, society would be light-years ahead of where we are now.

by relix 12y ago

throwaway9995 12y ago

Based on the first link, it looks like the system does not solve the second concern (privacy of the ballot) at all. If the user can verify how his vote was counted (in the example, using a smartphone app), then someone applying pressure on the voter can force him to verify that he voted the "right" way. This is my problem with all these e-voting systems. They throw away hundreds of years of development in ballot security, assuming all those problems that have historically followed elections no longer apply.

relix 12y ago
Using regular paper ballot, you can force the voter to take a picture of his vote before he puts it in the box. It's that simple to put pressure on someone voting by paper. Oh, you can get a new voting form after you mark and photographed the first one? The criminal can stand outside the voting booth to make sure you don't go out and in again. If you think papervoting is 100% secure you're naive. That's why e-voting doesn't need to be 100% secure, it just needs to be as secure as papervoting is now. The advantage with e-voting is that you can surpass the safety of papervoting. Using e-voting it's actually much harder to put pressure on any voting. If you had read how it actually works, you'd have noticed that you're able to verify your vote only for up to 30 minutes after placing it. You're also able to change your vote by re-voting - the last vote counts. There still is a paperbased voting a week after e-voting ends, and if you go and vote by paper, that one overrides any electronic vote you might have made. It shows a lack of respect that you try to put down a system you obviously haven't looked into and know nothing about. You hear "voting on the internet" and have a knee-jerk reaction that it's bad. Please in the future before you take a standpoint on any side of a discussion, research both sides, instead of throwing around opinions without merit. If everyone would have an informed opinion instead of just an opinion, society would be light-years ahead of where we are now.