as opposed to all the graft already in the political system, where lobbyists can (and do) bribe both candidates?
as opposed to assuming that (for example) non-white ethnic voters are going to vote democrat and punishing them as a group?
Also... I used slot machines and ATMs as their requirements for electronic security are much more rigorous (and above board) than that for electronic voting machines made by the same people.
It -is- possible to confirm that someone sent a message, and to give them a number which will subsequently let them confirm that their vote is correct, without disclosing the contents of said vote to a third party.
It is called "encryption," or so I'm told.
And it -isn't- like trunks full of stolen ballot boxes found on the side of the road months after the election have ever turned up... so paper ballots are perfect because there is no way to prove that X ballot was cast by Y person who registered without revealing the contents of the ballot.
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Date: 2006-08-01 02:45 pm (UTC)as opposed to assuming that (for example) non-white ethnic voters are going to vote democrat and punishing them as a group?
Also... I used slot machines and ATMs as their requirements for electronic security are much more rigorous (and above board) than that for electronic voting machines made by the same people.
It -is- possible to confirm that someone sent a message, and to give them a number which will subsequently let them confirm that their vote is correct, without disclosing the contents of said vote to a third party.
It is called "encryption," or so I'm told.
And it -isn't- like trunks full of stolen ballot boxes found on the side of the road months after the election have ever turned up... so paper ballots are perfect because there is no way to prove that X ballot was cast by Y person who registered without revealing the contents of the ballot.