Re:CHVote: Open-source e-voting system from Switzerland
by Quarrelsome on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @10:33AM
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There are many forms of democracy and to act as if we've got it all figured out today and have the best system is potentially another form of being self-entitled and silly. Our system very much "sucks least".
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Re:CHVote: Open-source e-voting system from Switzerland
by SomeStupidPoint on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @02:31PM
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We have plenty of evidence that governing by asking a large, diverse population over and over about local issues just leads to exactly the sort of tragedy-of-the-commons that government is meant to reign in.
Having too many votes simply doesnt work, because the voters can't put in the required effort per vote to decide on a prudent course of action.
The only reason to switch off paper ballots is of you're running so many elections you're just influence laundering by pretending to be democratic when you're not.