I don't have the evidence to back it up, but it would not surprise me in the slightest if these guys weaseled some BS into the election. In fact, I fully expect them to have done that
this post was submitted on 18 Dec 2024
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Bomb threats, voter intimidation (and a confusion campaign targeting young voters).
Hundreds of votes thrown out because of dubious claims.
That’s all clearly and well known.
Honestly, we need electoral receipts we can compare against the final tallys vote by vote. At least until we get rid of the electoral college.
I would love to figure out some kind of government-run blockchain with government-issued hard wallets (maybe in something like a realID add a USB chip into the thing.)
Set it up so that your wallet gets a sort of ballot NFT, coded so that you can fill it out and it locks; unable to to be changed. It also creates a second NFT that gets sent to a wallet designated for that election.
The idea being... how you voted is known only to you. but it's known to you. Further, because it's block chain, every one can see how everyone else voted- without knowing individuals- and count them themselves. No need for fucking Biden to not do a fucking audit. Or anyone else.
I don't even know if that's physically possible, but I'd love for it to be.
So the way it works elsewhere is much more simple and private. After you vote the results so far are printed on a receipt.
You then drop your reciept in a drop box outside the polling place, which is run by an independent organization, usually run by or partnered with independent press. They can look at the receipt results over time to validate the vote is being conducted fairly and votes aren't being lost. Many also post the results so far so you can compare to make sure your vote counted for the person you voted for.
the issue with that, and paper ballots is that they would have to be traceable. The goal is to get something so you YOU are the only one who knows how you voted. if you were the only one that knew the ID number for the NFT you sent back, then you'd be able to check it without too much in the way of leakage. (or that's the thought.)
Reason being, so husbands can't abuse wives that voted for people that don't want to turn her into a second class citizen. Or, an angry tyrant who would go after people that didn't vote for him. Also, with the return-wallet being public, anyone can do their own recount; not just look at other peoples counts. (also it would be easily automated. a simple python script could probably handle sorting out the winners in something like ranked choice or star voting, etc. or whatever prefference poling.)
Fake it till you make it!