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Re:CHVote: Open-source e-voting system from Switzerland by erispoe on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @01:19PM (#13178263)
We can tolerate errors in banking that we cannot in voting. Banking can be good enough, voting must be trusted to the most absolute degree.
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Re:CHVote: Open-source e-voting system from Switzerland by shortstuffsushi on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @07:05PM (#13181002)
In the US, at least, we tolerate a fair amount of error. See the WI recount this election, which exposed the totals to be off by over one hundred votes. I'd be willing to bet if you recount again, it'd be off from that total as well. It isn't absolute is my point.
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Re:CHVote: Open-source e-voting system from Switzerland by aaron_m04 on Thursday December 15, 2016 @01:29AM (#13182862)
The electoral college introduces quite a lot of error, but people don't seem to care enough to change it.
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Re:CHVote: Open-source e-voting system from Switzerland by specialist on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @02:10PM (#13178758)
Further, our first past the post election voting system is especially brittle AND the window for detecting and correcting errors is very small.
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Re:CHVote: Open-source e-voting system from Switzerland by lambertsimnel on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @04:10PM (#13179692)
If the United States were to adopt one practice from the Swiss government, proportional representation might do the most good.
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