when viewed from a sludge-money lens (a la the F35) electronic voting and election security seem largely working as intended: - we know paper works (Canada/UK) so there must be an ulterior motive for pushing on tech solution so hard - money gets sent to various entities under the guise of tech, security, freedom, etc. (contracts for voting machines, contracts for software, etc.). this basically gives some limited air…
>>- we know paper works (Canada/UK) so there must be an ulterior motive for pushing on tech solution so hard Works sure, efficient no, and largely one of the reason for low participation rates (though far from the only) That said none of the "tech" solutions that simply replace paper ballots at a polling place with a Touch Screen at a polling place would be what I desire from a "tech" solution to voting The rest of y…
How is it not efficient? Elections Canada figures out how to count ballots in a few hours. 95% of the work of putting on an election is setting up, and running the polling stations. Using an electronic system is not going to make that 95% any easier.
The only thing that would make it easier, is purely mail-in ballots, like in Washington State.
> and largely one of the reason for low participation rates (though far from the only)
Canada has a 5-15% higher voter turnout rate.