Re:Researchers find trapdoor in SwissVote election system
by pmontra on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @07:21PM
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The same on the other side of the Alps, plus local representatives of all parties use to roam between voting places and check that ballots are counted fairly.
As a software developer I trust the traditional method much more than any innovation involving machines and software.
Re:Researchers find trapdoor in SwissVote election system
by userbinator on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @08:04PM
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plus local representatives of all parties
This is one of the important parts. Every party wants itself to win, every ballot-counter also has a position, but if everyone can force a recount at any time, there's a much bigger motivation to count fairly. Multiple redundant counts is also part of that.
That's impossible. You don't write on French ballot. We use a card of a standardized format on which the name of the candidate (or the list of names) is printed which you directly put in the envelope. Cards are both sent to you by post and available at the polling station. Anything written on a ballot makes it void.
> They would open each ballot, and if it was for the "wrong" candidate, they would discretely mark another name
Ballots are open in public. The person in charge of opening the envelope does so in front of the room and with two assessors watching. They remove the ballot, read it aloud and display it to the room. It would be very difficult to read and alter a ballot without anyone noticing. A different person updates the tally on a board when the name is read.