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Elon Musk condemns the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) used in general elections in some countries. (lemy.lol)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Seems to work alright for Estonia, they have had an option to vote electronically since 2005. If I can sign legal documents, pay bills and do other government related stuff electronically, why suddenly voting is a huge problem?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Because what you vote is supposed to be anonymous....

If you ignore the anonymous part, then it's obviously not an issue.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

The only real risk comes if their voting server that decrypts votes would be compromised and no one would realise it. As with any electronic service there of course is some risk, nothing is 100% secure, but I would personally take that risk to vote electronically.

Here's an overview how their process works, feels pretty solid.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

It's not a question if encryption fails, but when. Paper ballots are anonymous by design, unless you mark the ballots they are untraceable. Digital ballots don't have that feature.