Poll: Would you vote online if you could?

Re:Poll: Would you vote online if you could? by erikpukinskis on Thursday August 29, 2013 @12:00AM (#6294175)

Aren't "verifiable voting" and "private voting" mutually exclusive? If I can verify my vote than I can also be forced to reveal my vote to a third party who is trying to coerce me to vote a certain way, or to purchase my vote.

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Re:Poll: Would you vote online if you could? by dragonwriter on Thursday August 29, 2013 @12:07AM (#6294195)

> Aren't "verifiable voting" and "private voting" mutually exclusive?

No.

> If I can verify my vote than I can also be forced to reveal my vote to a third party who is trying to coerce me to vote a certain way, or to purchase my vote.

Untrue. You can only be forced to do so if the third party has a way of confirming that the verification information you've given them is correct for your vote.

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Re:Poll: Would you vote online if you could? by asperous on Thursday August 29, 2013 @01:07AM (#6294372)

Not if each person holds the key to their own vote. You can only verify your own vote with your key even though the results are public.

If you could verify everyone's vote, then you'd be correct.

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Re:Poll: Would you vote online if you could? by aprescott on Thursday August 29, 2013 @12:05AM (#6294190)

I believe homomorphic encryption would address this.

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