Thread by @jimkillock

At @ElectoralWales event discussing changes to Welsh voting—including #evoting and #onlinevoting trials—we’re here to warn it is dangerous

@ElectoralWales People often treat online /evoting as a simple security problem—but it’s the impacts of getting it wrong that we need to think about

@ElectoralWales Imagine the #indieref fuss or #pencilgate if everyone was voting by computer

@ElectoralWales so I hope @AlunDaviesAM thinks hard about this. online or #evoting could really damage democratic trust

Asked my question to @AlunDaviesAM — who makes the point that legislation will make trials possible.

The idea of having powers to create online voting by fiat would be too much so we will need to watch this closely.

But also: the problems with electronic voting are well known. Trials are not needed, just need to check back all the times it has gone wrong.