Articles such as this one are becoming more common and are very disappointing. Open Source is nice to have, but does not make electronic voting secure. Only a voter-verified paper audit trail is sufficient ...https://increment.com/open-source/voting-for-transparency/ …
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VotingWorks agrees with you: "It should offer voter-verified paper ballots and support post-election statistical audits." https://voting.works/about/ The article was so focused on the open source aspect that it didn't give enough attention to what the code was being used for & why.
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The article is misleading and dangerous. Verified elections don't depend on verifying the code; it's impossible and irrelevant. The "Operating System" for democracy is people, with their opposing interests, verifying elections with their own eyes, and agreeing on the result.
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I agree that open-source is insufficient, on its own, for voting machine security, and that paper ballots are critical. However, open-source is a useful piece of the puzzle, because machines are necessary in the US for elections, even with paper ballots.
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A little more about why machines are critical to US elections, if you're up for a 20-minute talk:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy0_8A9U8Rs …
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Also important to note the difference in skills required. My non-technical friends and family can audit the current voting system end-to-end. They will never be able to do that if we involve software, regardless of OSS/tools/techniques.
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