Re: [liberationtech] E-Voting

Hi Andres, On 11/17/2016 09:01 AM, Andres wrote: > Transparency is certainly improved. You can check and change your vote > after casting it. Estonian government even provides an iOS and Android > mobile application for this. Oh ho, within your own world it looks like you gave your vote. That

Re: [liberationtech] E-Voting

Hi Zack, Estonia has been using e-voting since 2005 (and since 2007 for government elections). You can identify using the national id card (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonian_ID_card ) or mobile-id

Re: [liberationtech] E-Voting

Mobile voting in Africa is impractical. Even as an option, If people would start to lose their phones around the election period, the recovery effort involved in ensuring the service is available and the consequences thereafter, would be a potential legal and customer service nightmare. On Mon,

Re: [liberationtech] E-Voting

I would agree. Also consider the numerous cases of intentional network disruptions on the continent during voting over the past year. It is predictable that this would become a tool of voter suppression. Oddly, though, mobile devices have been essential tools in monitoring voting and mobilizing

Re: [liberationtech] E-Voting

That's similar to what some people are saying about blockchain applications to voting. Don't use it for the voting itself, even in a zero-knowlege way, as votes need to be both auditable and understandable to lay people to be trusted. But, you could use it for voter registration and for

Re: [liberationtech] E-Voting

>> Transparency is certainly improved. You can check and change your vote >> after casting it. Estonian government even provides an iOS and Android >> mobile application for this. > > Oh ho, within your own world it looks like you gave your vote. That does > not prove a single thing. Even just