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Re:In Estonian parliamentary election, 44% of the votes were... by darawk on Monday March 11, 2019 @02:30PM (#19361467)
All of those things are possible now, yet they don't happen. I see no reason to think electronic voting would make it more likely. And in fact, we have a test case: Estonia. Is there any evidence of any of this happening there?
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Re:In Estonian parliamentary election, 44% of the votes were... by jakeogh on Monday March 11, 2019 @09:39PM (#19364612)
By definition, electronic voting is easier to game. Simple example: you just asked for evidence on a procedure that didnt have a physical paper trail.
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Re:In Estonian parliamentary election, 44% of the votes were... by darawk on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @12:57PM (#19370300)
I asked for evidence of a specific phenomenon. The specific phenomenon I requested evidence of would be no easier to have evidence for in the electronic or paper case.
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Re:In Estonian parliamentary election, 44% of the votes were... by jakeogh on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @02:44AM (#19376283)
It takes much less energy and time to modify something electronically. Once physical items are required to be collected, edited or destroyed then evidence becomes significantly more durable.
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