Re:To Protect Voting, Use Open-Source Software
by rakoo on Thursday August 03, 2017 @01:48PM
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To be more precise, there are 3 things that must be met for a vote to be considered acceptable, digital or not:
* it must be anonymous, ie nobody but you should know you you voted for
* it must keep integrity, ie nobody can change your vote
* it must be verifiable by all participants
Paper vote makes it easy to meet all criterions: just keep an eye on the ballot and you will be relatively sure that everything is fine. On the other hand it is impossible to have all those conditions with a digital vote, if only because digital anything isn't easily verifiable by all participants.
* it must be anonymous, ie nobody but you should know you you voted for
* it must keep integrity, ie nobody can change your vote
* it must be verifiable by all participants
Paper vote makes it easy to meet all criterions: just keep an eye on the ballot and you will be relatively sure that everything is fine. On the other hand it is impossible to have all those conditions with a digital vote, if only because digital anything isn't easily verifiable by all participants.