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Re:Vulnerability found in Dutch voting software by anyonecancode on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @01:00PM (#37484246)
I'm not sure what you're talking about. You're not audio recorded when you vote. And voting doesn't provide a more publicly verifiable, accessible record than a court record does -- today, you can sue an employer and make statements in court.

I'll have to bow out of this convo at this point I think as we seem to be talking past each other, or at any rate you seem to be talking about something different than what I thought we were discussing.

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Re:Vulnerability found in Dutch voting software by helpfulContrib on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @01:20PM (#37484492)
I believe that having an open, verifiable public record of events - of communication about and for ones government, past and future - during the voting process, should be treated as a public utility.

With this function, a vote not only becomes a static erg towards ones favoured party - but a way for the future government to a) be sure it was voted in without corruption, and b) address any corruption occuring during that process, based on open, public, verifiable data.

Yes, this is just theoretical, and thanks for the time anyway .. it was just a thought experiment.

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