In Estonian parliamentary election, 44% of the votes were cast online

Re:In Estonian parliamentary election, 44% of the votes were... by pedrocr on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @10:52AM (#19368686)

Eliminating exit polls seems like a really bad idea. They're one of the only ways to validate an election system that doesn't depend on the system itself. When you have wild discrepancies, particularly in some precincts, you know to investigate. And it seems you'd want that particularly when you've implemented a complex electronic voting system.

And thinking about it some more the Estonian system seems perfect for vote selling. You just provide your ID card and PIN in the last day of early voting and get it back the day after the election. The buyer can vote in your name and hold your ID card to make sure you can't vote in the booth.

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Re:In Estonian parliamentary election, 44% of the votes were... by runarberg on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @07:51PM (#19374263)

You might be right about the exit polls. Perhaps this can only be applied in countries that have strong independent monitors (which Estonia should have being an EU member). Regarding vote selling, I don’t know how it is in Estonia, but in Iceland voter ID is pretty lax. You can provide an ID in the form of passport, drivers license, bank issued debit cards, etc. As a buyer I have no way of knowing if I'm witholding all possible IDs from my agent since they might have several debit cards from several banks, more then one passport (through dual-citizenship), etc.

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Re:In Estonian parliamentary election, 44% of the votes were... by k0htlane on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @02:59AM (#19376354)

It should be noted that ID+PIN is not just for the elections: it covers all of the e-services from online health records to online banking, also including digitally signing documents in your name. So I would assume that people wouldn't trust their ID+PIN to strangers.

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