Re:Virginia has decertified its most hackable voting machines
by __s on Saturday September 09, 2017 @09:20AM
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Using a system like ZCash the government could have citizens register a public address, then 1 token is distributed to each public address, votes work by sending the token to the candidate you vote for, whomever has the highest balance at the end of the election is the electee (this even allows for off ballot candidates, but up to rules). ZCash is designed so that you can't tell the contents of a transaction despite it being immutably on the blockchain
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Re:Virginia has decertified its most hackable voting machines
by ninov on Saturday September 09, 2017 @07:19PM
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Another important property of voting systems is that you can't prove who you voted for, so that you can't be forced or paid to vote for someone. A blockchain based solution, even like ZCash does not fulfil this.
Re:Virginia has decertified its most hackable voting machines
by __s on Sunday September 10, 2017 @08:40AM
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You can prove who you voted for by taking a picture of your ballot when you vote. Some thug could rough you up if you can't provide a selfie of your ballot being marked for some candidate