Blujayooo to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish • 20 days agoIf You Needed to Pass an Exam to Votelemmy.worldimagemessage-square209fedilinkarrow-up1140arrow-down135
arrow-up1105arrow-down1imageIf You Needed to Pass an Exam to Votelemmy.worldBlujayooo to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish • 20 days agomessage-square209fedilink
minus-square@Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink0•19 days agoWe just need to make sure the voting machines are not racist. Solvable, if we’re starting from scratch.
minus-squareCaptain AggravatedlinkfedilinkEnglish2•19 days agoThe phrase “voting machine” is also a problem.
minus-square@Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink-1•19 days agoOnly when accompanied by “paperless” or “closed source”
minus-squareCaptain AggravatedlinkfedilinkEnglish2•19 days agoNope. It’ll never work. Because when I walk into the voting booth, how do I KNOW FOR A VERIFIABLE FACT that this machine here in the booth with me is running the published software? Computerized voting will always be a mistake.
minus-square@Alcoholicorn@mander.xyzlinkfedilink4•19 days agoThe machine produces a physical paper record you can read, it doesn’t matter what software it’s running if you can verify your vote is accurate.
And that is a non-solvable problem.
We just need to make sure the voting machines are not racist. Solvable, if we’re starting from scratch.
The phrase “voting machine” is also a problem.
Only when accompanied by “paperless” or “closed source”
Nope. It’ll never work. Because when I walk into the voting booth, how do I KNOW FOR A VERIFIABLE FACT that this machine here in the booth with me is running the published software?
Computerized voting will always be a mistake.
The machine produces a physical paper record you can read, it doesn’t matter what software it’s running if you can verify your vote is accurate.