US Election Year, Still No Voting Reform

Posted by Soulskill on Friday July 6, 2012 @05:06AM from the we'll-procrastinate-in-a-little-while dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A year ago, we discussed this on Slashdot: E-Voting Reform In an Out Year?. The point was that due to the hoard of problems with electronic (and mechanical) voting, it is best to approach reform in an out year, when it is not on everyone's mind yet too late to do anything about it. Well, we failed, didn't we? Another election year is upon us, and our vote is less secure, less reliable, and less meaningful than ever. To reference the last article, we still have no open source voting, no end-to-end auditable voting systems and no open source governance. So don't complain if this election is stolen. You forgot to fix the system."

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"no end-to-end auditable voting systems" by John+Hasler · 2012-07-06 05:11 · Score: 5, Insightful

We have one. It's called the "paper ballot".

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Different types of voting systems by Krishnoid · 2012-07-06 05:14 · Score: 5, Insightful

I'm more interested in the results that a different kind of voting system would produce, such as how the ability to rank candidates on a ballot would affect campaign strategy and the kinds of people we'd elect.
Sensationalist Post by GeneralTurgidson · 2012-07-06 05:16 · Score: 5, Interesting

People would rather blame an election on stolen votes instead of realizing the electorate really is that stupid.