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by fulvioterzapi 1391 days ago
The electronic ID is a great idea for everything except for voting.

I can easily go to someone's place, make sure he votes for my candidate and give him 10$. A lot of people with low interest in politics would sell their vote, I suppose.

Polling booths are still safer than all other options (mail voting, electronic voting, etc...)
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skeletal88 1391 days ago
And then after taking your money I can vote again as many times as I want for someone I actually like. Only the last vote counts. And I think that next elections it will be possible to override your electronic vote on paper at the polling stations.
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nivertech 1390 days ago
1. the vote buyer can lock the eID in the vault until the end of the elections

2. the vote seller can be paid only after the end of the elections, given s/he didn't voted on paper (it it all possible to authenticate wuthout eID on the voting station).

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fulvioterzapi 1389 days ago
> Only the last vote counts.

Is it always like this? I could also go at someone's place one minute before the voting closes.

Voting at the voting booth is still more secure.

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TulliusCicero 1391 days ago
Mail voting already exists and works fine, despite the scenario you're positing. I live in Washington state where it seems to be the default.
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fulvioterzapi 1389 days ago
In person voting at the voting booth is without any doubt more secure. For something so important like voting I would only use the most secure option.

I live in a country with only voting at the voting booth and I am perfectly happy with it!

In addition to this, the fact that you are not aware of voting fraud does not mean it does not happen. That's why it's important to care about potential voting fraud.

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nivertech 1389 days ago
Unfortunately, voting fraud occurs even with in-person voting at the voting booths. Here election observer committees are made up of representatives of the various parties, and there are reports of the deals that split the votes of people who did not show up at the voting booth.

There was a proposal to install cameras on the voting booths, but it was rejected by the high court.

Surprisingly e-voting can solve these low-tech corruption problems, but it introduces a much larger attack surface.

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fulvioterzapi 1389 days ago
Voting fraud might occur in any way, but I think it's quite obvious that from this point of view voting booths are better than mail voting.
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