xkcd: Voting Software

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xkcd: Voting Software

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ALT TEXT: There are lots of very smart people doing fascinating work on cryptographic voting protocols. We should be funding and encouraging them, and doing all our elections with paper ballots until everyone currently working in that field has retired.
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Oh and along those lines:

Frozen machines, 243-percent turnout, and other woes in Georgia voting
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/201 ... -precinct/
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The financial world still revolves around paper records. Seeing all the issues with electronic systems, I see why.
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I think the main thing is that voting is a super high priority target. SOMEONE will find a way to hack it.
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WV is going to be using that in the next primary I think. For grins, I might try it (breaking my rule about installing garbage on my phone). Normally, I just wander into the courthouse sometime during early voting. Usually takes me about 5 mins.
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