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Re:CISA: The November 3rd election was the most secure in Am... by pontifier on Friday November 13, 2020 @03:11AM (#25080166)
Maybe each ballot could include a one time pad that you keep to verify the vote.

You could verify your own vote but nobody else could.

It could be very simple to use, like a qr code that links to a public api showing the encoded ballot data, and a second qr code that you scan to decrypt it.

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Re:CISA: The November 3rd election was the most secure in Am... by ric2b on Friday November 13, 2020 @08:07AM (#25081735)
Not being able to verify who you voted for is by design, it's an important feature to prevent people from being pressured into/persecuted for voting a certain way, or selling their vote.

If there's no way to verify your specific vote you can just lie about who you voted for.

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Re:CISA: The November 3rd election was the most secure in Am... by pontifier on Friday November 13, 2020 @02:22PM (#25086282)
Hence why you would want to use a one time pad... It would be easy to choose a key that would show any particular vote cast any way you want. Only you would know how to verify your ballot.
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