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Re:Ethereum Is a Dark Forest by nend on Friday August 28, 2020 @09:32PM (#24312485)
This is a really bad comparison. Making it easier to vote has a big affect on how many people vote.

Requiring a hand delivered check vs wire transfer to buy house has a minimal effect on how many people buy a house.

Plus, the US has elections far more frequently than how frequently an average person buys a house.

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Re:Ethereum Is a Dark Forest by techsupporter on Friday August 28, 2020 @10:32PM (#24312848)
> Making it easier to vote has a big affect on how many people vote.

I think OP meant "efficient" as in "efficient for the people doing the counting." In this case, efficient is not the same as easy. It's efficient to count a bunch of ballots by having people enter their choices directly into a bunch of counting computers that are networked to a central counting computer.

It's easy to vote by getting a ballot (by mail or in person), marking it, and dropping it into a box. But counting those votes is not efficient, or at least not fast.

I'm with you; I want the latter, not the former.

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