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Why not both — several copies of paper receipts can be provided with serial numbers. One goes to the voter, the others would go to the vote counters. Digital c
by nosuchthing 11y ago
Why not both — several copies of paper receipts can be provided with serial numbers. One goes to the voter, the others would go to the vote counters.
Digital can be used for a quick count, if there are any questions or need for verification the paper trail is there.
*Archival quality, not thermal paper.
- dublinben 11y agoOne of the most fundamental requirements of the ballot is secrecy. If you are provided with a receipt, you can be coerced to demonstrate that you have voted a certain way.
- snuxoll 11y agoA fundamental problem with electronic voting systems in general is unless the code is open nobody has any way to know if their vote is actually secret or not - and even then we have no way of verifying the machine hasn't been tampered with.
- fapjacks 11y agoFrankly I am totally astonished that it's not required that voting machines consist of open source software and hardware.
- DanBC 11y agoUK ballots are supposed to be secret, but they're not really. Here's a bit of the history of moving from open votes to secret votes: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-31630588 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-31630588 This article discusses what should happen to ballot slips after and election, compared to what actually happens, and describes the potential for de-anonymizing votes. http://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,,-1051,00.html http://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,,-1051,00...
- nosuchthing 11y agoThe "receipt" could basically be a paper ballet.