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Re:Former U.S. congressman, operative pleads guilty to elect... by rootusrootus on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @07:46PM (#31675940)
> Voting has been solved centuries ago.

Yes, but then we threw in a huge wrench when we decided that votes needed to be secret, too.

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Re:Former U.S. congressman, operative pleads guilty to elect... by ohgodplsno on Thursday June 09, 2022 @03:29AM (#31678495)
No. Voting has been secret also for centuries. Paper ballots allow secrecy of the vote _and_ verification of voters. Something that electronic ballots will never be able to do.
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Re:Former U.S. congressman, operative pleads guilty to elect... by seoaeu on Friday June 10, 2022 @12:12PM (#31696122)
As has been stated repeatedly in this thread, paper ballots wouldn’t have prevented this case
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