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How do you solve the coercion problem ? How do you solve ballot corruption (ie. I'm selling my vote on ebay) ?

• tomjen3 12y ago
  Can you do that even now? I can trivially bring a cellphone into a voting booth and take a picture even now.
  • the8472 12y ago
    That picture could be shooped, therefore it does not provide proof to the coercing party. The threat model for coercion-resistance is providing proof to someone after you have cast your vote. The threat model for anonymity is that an observer - either a 3rd party or someone colluding with the voting authority - that does not have access to the voting client itself. Voting-at-gunpoint coercion as threat model cannot really be defended against because it basically implies that the attacker has full control over the voter. Even some scheme that would allow vote retraction/recasting wouldn't help since the attacker could simply keep threatening the voter until the election is over.
  • pjc50 12y ago
    This is illegal in the UK, although not enforced: http://www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk/election-day-selfies/ http://www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk/election-day-selfies/
• shawabawa3 12y ago
  We already have postal votes, don't see how internet votes would be worse