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Re:Public Trust Demands Open-Source Voting Systems by like_any_other on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @03:09AM (#45665774)
Pharaos had to run a footrace to prove they were still fit to rule, meanwhile we sacrifice the security of our voting system so that the most feeble and feeble-minded among us can vote. In some countries even the most disinterested and uninformed in politics are legally compelled to vote. Then we complain how foolishly the public votes, and how easily they are swayed.

What a farce.

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Re:Public Trust Demands Open-Source Voting Systems by rstuart4133 on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @04:09AM (#45666141)
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Re:Public Trust Demands Open-Source Voting Systems by Terr_ on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @05:02AM (#45666486)
Hardly: History shows the repeated failure of the alternative, where only the "qualified" may vote.

Terrible people just corrupt the qualification-mechanism instead. That evil tactic tends to be more-effective and longer-lasting than trying to appeal to the lazy-stupid vote.

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Re:Public Trust Demands Open-Source Voting Systems by like_any_other on Friday October 24, 2025 @03:57AM (#45692068)
> only the "qualified" may vote

You think this is a fair characterization of what I wrote? That it not being worth sacrificing the security of a voting system to get the most disinterested and incapable to vote, is equivalent to some unstated "qualification" test?

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