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Securing our votes

Posted Aug 9, 2007 6:47 UTC (Thu) by tadmini (guest, #41980)
In reply to: Securing our votes by Baylink
Parent article: Securing our votes

Good point. I never understood why would somebody want to use a computer to count the votes, given the immaturity of most information systems today.

Can't we just stick to good old paper ballots and be done?

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Securing our votes

Posted Aug 9, 2007 15:17 UTC (Thu) by Baylink (subscriber, #755) [Link]

You'll note the-solution-that-isn't-actually-mine does, in fact, utilize recountable, human-readable, paper ballots, which can be the critical path on the count.