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Re:Votebook – A proposal for a blockchain-based electronic v... by carlcortright on Saturday December 10, 2016 @10:22AM (#13146006)
A lot of non technical people often ask why we can't vote online. Part of our responsibility as computer scientists is to present them with the options.
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Re:Votebook – A proposal for a blockchain-based electronic v... by pedrocr on Saturday December 10, 2016 @11:22AM (#13146333)
This isn't a proposal for online voting, it's for electronic voting in polling places. If you allow online voting you've relaxed your election guarantees (more similar to mail-in votes). If that's what you want a simple HTTPs website run by the government with authentication is all you need.
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