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Casual_Badass on June 25th, 2019 at 16:46 UTC »
Switch to paper. Nothing to hack, physical material is easy to secure in tamper proof packaging and monitor with security detail. It's also easy to recount. No black box, no mystery.
hendekagonguy on June 25th, 2019 at 16:33 UTC »
So here's a system I've heard of...
Paper ballots and pencils, scanned as they're dumped into the ballot box. There's your perfect paper trail, there's your instant computer tallying.
Then all you have to do is compare the tallied votes to the expected outcome based on polls and do recounts wherever things look suspicious or the race was close.
And hey, while we're at it why not let a representative of anyone on that ballot be present to observe, and if there's an area with a history of corruption perhaps ask an allied nation if they'd mind sending over an impartial observer or two.
And the people running the polling stations shouldn't be allowed to have a history of highly partisan behavior. You want people who are dedicated to the idea of democracy first, not the idea of their chosen party winning.
And the polling stations should be open for long enough that people with jobs have a chance to get there without severe disruption to their daily routine - and employers should be required by law to give them enough time off to do so.
kuroyume_cl on June 25th, 2019 at 15:59 UTC »
Why do you even need voting machines what's wrong with paper ballots? Everything I've read about voting machines makes it seem like they add a bunch of complexity and security vulnerabilities and provide no value to compensate.