Re:Hacking Voting Machines at Defcon
by Klathmon on Monday July 31, 2017 @09:42AM
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What are some of the benefits of e-voting that make up for the possible shortcomings?
From my perspective, e-voting is more difficult for the blind/disabled, more difficult to audit and check (you'd need to be a programmer that is well versed in cryptography to even begin to audit a codebase), much harder to verify/validate your own vote was even cast, much less reliable, and overall is confusing and harder to use.
The only benefit I can see is making it easier to vote for those working or who aren't able to get to a precinct. But that's a problem I'd much rather have solved by making it a mandatory holiday and providing state-paid-for transportation on election days.
From my perspective, e-voting is more difficult for the blind/disabled, more difficult to audit and check (you'd need to be a programmer that is well versed in cryptography to even begin to audit a codebase), much harder to verify/validate your own vote was even cast, much less reliable, and overall is confusing and harder to use.
The only benefit I can see is making it easier to vote for those working or who aren't able to get to a precinct. But that's a problem I'd much rather have solved by making it a mandatory holiday and providing state-paid-for transportation on election days.