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Re:Hackers at convention to ferret out election system bugs by deleteme12345 on Friday August 10, 2018 @01:30PM (#17735220)
The degree of complexity and amount of unknown variables (eg. Backdoored CPUs, 0-day exploits) make digital mass voting a not-so-good option.

Paper, on the other hand, is fairly easy to comprehend and secure by all participants.

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Re:Hackers at convention to ferret out election system bugs by rbanffy on Friday August 10, 2018 @02:01PM (#17735485)
I agree. The main advantage of electronic voting (if properly secured) is speed and logistics.
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