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Re:FBI says foreign hackers penetrated state election systems by mathrawka on Monday August 29, 2016 @01:00PM (#12383266)
Isn't the blockchain technology that Bitcoin uses, perfect for this? It is 100% public, and you can review your vote easily.

Each person just needs a private key, and it could actually be issued once for each election.

However, I am not saying that we are ready for this, as not everyone is able to access the internet still.

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Re:FBI says foreign hackers penetrated state election systems by BinaryIdiot on Monday August 29, 2016 @02:13PM (#12383881)
That seems like a solution that could work. Granted someone could take your key and vote but they can already do that with paper ballets or a fake ID today anyway. I'm sure there are drawbacks but that's probably closer to the final solution.
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Re:FBI says foreign hackers penetrated state election systems by mathrawka on Monday August 29, 2016 @05:45PM (#12385644)
We should have some scannable code on the voter registration cards that allow users to easily use their private key when they vote electronically.
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