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Originally posted by kutulu
With something as important as voting results, there needs to be a way to manually count votes. All they need is a simple printout of the voter's results. Give one to the voter and one to the polling place.
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voting ought to be anonymous. if the voters gets recepts of their votes, then this makes pressuring voters easier by corrupt officials. they could just demand to see your receipt to make sure you voted 'properly'.
a high-tech solution is not always preferable if it opens up a bigger can of worms than sticking to what works. that isn't a luddite attitude, it's just common sense. if a new system is implemented though, then at least leave a backup paper system that can be counted manually.