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Re:Researchers find trapdoor in SwissVote election system by pmontra on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @07:21PM (#19374088)
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.

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Re:Researchers find trapdoor in SwissVote election system by userbinator on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @08:04PM (#19374354)
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.

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