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Election Reform

RichVRichV

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13. The only way to make an all electronic system 'tamper-proof'

Reply to madamesilverspurs (Reply #10)

Sun Nov 1, 2015, 09:38 PM

Nov 2015

is to record identifying information of every vote. This could assure validity via self auditing. This is how congressional voting works.

If we want a secure anonymous vote then paper is the only thing that makes sense. It's substantially more difficult to manipulate on a any scale, and much harder to hide.

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Anybody found to have deliberately falsified an election should get a long prison term. [View all] Stevepol Nov 2015 OP

Election reform HassleCat Nov 2015 #1

There are lots of ways to stuff paper ballot boxes, what would make the paper boxes tamper proof? Thinkingabout Nov 2015 #2

Try locks and armed guards, who are bonded, etc. 99th_Monkey Nov 2015 #4

Yea, right, that does not work either, the toich screens are under lock and key also, some people Thinkingabout Nov 2015 #6

Well then, vote by mail w/ paper. duh. 99th_Monkey Nov 2015 #7

I am not the one who wants all ballots recorded on paper and claim all voting methods are not Thinkingabout Nov 2015 #9

A thousand guards on the machines will make no difference. Stevepol Nov 2015 #12

Yeah, but it can't be done remotely from a wireless laptop in a parking or from a rented office GoneFishin Nov 2015 #8

You mean touch screens that directly records votes, don't you? eridani Nov 2015 #3

One simple innocuous law would do it : 1 day in jail for each adulterated vote, mandatory sentence. GoneFishin Nov 2015 #5

Excellent idea. Stevepol Nov 2015 #11

From someone who knows more about the subject than I do: madamesilverspurs Nov 2015 #10

The only way to make an all electronic system 'tamper-proof' RichVRichV Nov 2015 #13

I would like to see....Life - Long prison terms for it. yourout Nov 2015 #14