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by embarcadero
4023 days ago
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This is a terrible idea. I lived in Argentina for two years and studied the country. It's a cesspool of corruption, with scant separation of powers (see Nisman, Alberto). Even in less corrupt countries, electronic voting is a terrible idea: it's vulnerable to hacking and, because the system is opaque to the average citizen, erodes trust. Richard Stallman has been emphatic on this point: https://stallman.org/evoting.html The more at stake, the greater the temptation, the greater the likelihood of fraud. Leave online decisions to scheduling problems a la doodle.com People should recognize that sometimes paper is superior to bits. |
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