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Re:Why online voting is harder than online banking by MuffinFlavored on Saturday September 12, 2020 @06:32PM (#24456448)
Why are you ok with literally none of that for things that handle credit reports, bank/investment accounts, 401ks?

Where does this antiquated mindset of "omg, I need my votes counted by hand!" but "please transfer $1,000,000 using as many electronics as possible"

I trust SSL more than I trust human counting?...

Re:Why online voting is harder than online banking by ls612 on Saturday September 12, 2020 @06:42PM (#24456519)
The crucial difference is that with the banking system you only really need people to trust that their accounts are correctly tabulated. For voting you need people to trust that everyone’s votes are tabulated correctly. It’s an entirely different problem
Re:Why online voting is harder than online banking by dividuum on Saturday September 12, 2020 @06:53PM (#24456594)
> Where does this antiquated mindset of "omg, I need my votes counted by hand!"

Because that's a feature. You want something that's simple to understand and cannot be easily tampered with at a larger scale.

Re:Why online voting is harder than online banking by simplify on Saturday September 12, 2020 @06:38PM (#24456495)
None of those things have the requirement of anonymity. You can verify those numbers at any time, unlike a vote.
Re:Why online voting is harder than online banking by madeofpalk on Saturday September 12, 2020 @06:47PM (#24456554)
The difference is that its much easier to resolve banking errors than... "election errors"