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Re:App Used to Tabulate Votes Is Said to Have Been Inadequat... by flatiron on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @08:28AM (#22235254)
For something like public voting I agree. But it would be a hard sell to get a lot of companies to pay for software development and release the source because their competitors would get it for free.
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Re:App Used to Tabulate Votes Is Said to Have Been Inadequat... by thomk on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @08:33AM (#22235299)
I could be wrong, but, I have to believe that there are developers who would donate their time to something as fundamental to democracy as voting. Grassroots, not corporate funded. A corporate funded voting system feels like what we already have.
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Re:App Used to Tabulate Votes Is Said to Have Been Inadequat... by hugey010 on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @08:41AM (#22235373)
You are not wrong. I've had this discussion with other devs but it always ends in a crypto rant of some kind.
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