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1. François Marier (fmarier@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 13-Feb-2023 13:50:43 JST François Marier

   in reply to

   • Dave Lane 🇳🇿
   • Sasha

   @Smrki @lightweight Because unlike Internet payments, the technology to vote online securely simply does not exist.

   See https://www.aaas.org/epi-center/internet-online-voting for the broad consensus from experts in the field, and https://educatedguesswork.org/posts/voting-crypto/ (esp. the "Against Internet voting" section) for a cryptographic discussion of what's possible and what's not.

   • Sasha (smrki@mastodon.nz)'s status on Monday, 13-Feb-2023 13:50:48 JST Sasha

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     • Dave Lane 🇳🇿

     @lightweight Why not? If I can pay online almost each day, why cant I vote online once every few years?

     Adrian Cochrane repeated this.
   • Dave Lane 🇳🇿 (lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Monday, 13-Feb-2023 13:50:50 JST Dave Lane 🇳🇿

     These people continue to be oblivious and/or advised by idiots. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/484105/online-voting-civics-education-key-to-turnout-turnaround #onlinevoting is *not* a valid answer.

     Adrian Cochrane repeated this.
   • Iain MacLean (pkboi@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Feb-2023 15:11:30 JST Iain MacLean

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     • Dave Lane 🇳🇿

     @lightweight Someone needs to explain to these people that two key things that have to built into an online system - security and auditability - already exist in the current system of paper ballots in polling booth. And there is a high turn out in general elections using that system. Councils need to look at themselves to see why people don’t bother voting. It’s not the voting system that’s the problem.