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Re:US elections remain 'dangerously vulnerable' to cyber-att... by PJDK on Monday August 13, 2018 @12:23PM (#17751256)
Another major benefit of this is that the things that makes it trustable are very easy to understand.

If someone asks "why should I trust this count is correct" you can say "well these are the people that counted the votes - these are the people who watched (selected by parties A, B and C) and here's some video of it all happening".

That's a lot more comprehensible than "well, do you know what a blockchain is?".

Being trustable is great - but it also needs to be trusted!

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Re:US elections remain 'dangerously vulnerable' to cyber-att... by beat on Monday August 13, 2018 @12:39PM (#17751402)
In another electronic voting thread last week, I had a highly upvoted comment describing the Minnesota paper voting system (credentials: I have been a MN election judge). Part of the beauty is that it's so easy to understand. You see all these interlocking checks, and how they work to make large-scale manipulation/fraud impossible.

I don't think my mom knows what a blockchain is.

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Re:US elections remain 'dangerously vulnerable' to cyber-att... by ximeng on Monday August 13, 2018 @01:25PM (#17751780)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17735324 I assume this comment
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Re:US elections remain 'dangerously vulnerable' to cyber-att... by beat on Monday August 13, 2018 @01:42PM (#17751987)
Yes, that one.
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