Thread by @doctorow

Online secret ballots are a nonstarter. Just stop trying. Vote by mail, sure. Just not by internet. Virtually the only security experts who think it's possible work for companies that want to sell online voting products. It's a fool's errand

freedom-to-tinker.com/2018/09/11/sec…

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But that doesn't mean that legislatures can't conduct NON-SECRET ballots online. That's do-able, if complicated.

(Note: I have muted any comments that contain the word "blockchain" - go look for hammer-compatible nails somewhere else)

freedom-to-tinker.com/2020/04/10/can…

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"Attacks that compromise the client or server computers can be detected and corrected if everyone’s vote is publicly displayed. Each member of the legislature would transmit their vote then must check the public display to make sure the vote was reported/recorded accurately."

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There are attacks on this: officials could cheat by claiming their votes were misregistered; attackers could cheat by compromising officials' devices to show false roll-calls, lobbyists could violate ethics rules by literally sitting at officials' elbows as they vote.

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There are also legal considerations:

rules.house.gov/sites/democrat…

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But all that to say, the problem of non-secret ballots by certified pools of elected officials is a LOT simpler than the problem of holding secret ballots to elect those officials.

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