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Re:Votes could be counted as fractions instead of as whole n... by Scirra_Tom on Monday October 31, 2016 @08:36PM (#12842384)
And how do you verify the machines are running that code?

And how do you know someone's just not adding to the total when it's collated?

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Re:Votes could be counted as fractions instead of as whole n... by acobster on Monday October 31, 2016 @09:46PM (#12842730)
You have redundant integrity checks involving cryptography and independent, human professionals built into the compilation/deployment/testing process.
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