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by rodrigodlu 1035 days ago
secure x secure enough x better than before due to sheer scale needed

for instance it's in our constitution that after the identification that someone can vote, the vote MUST be anonymous. even on the paper time. unlike votes by mail where you have identification (we simply can't have here, for instance)

I'm skeptical on many things, but what you said is much harder to happen than just buying votes on poor neighbourhoods or influencing local militias on our second biggest city.

This is less far off from reality specially for legislative positions.

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> unlike votes by mail where you have identification (we simply can't have here, for instance)

We could, but it'd need two envelopes, one that identifies the voter, and a second, without voter identification, with the vote itself. A first election official would validate that the outer package contains a vote from someone who has a right to vote, and would pass the inner envelope to be opened and the vote counted by another person. With a process that includes randomly selected witnesses, it should be possible.

But, since all voters need to either vote or justify why they didn't/couldn't, the need for such systems is much diminished.