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Online voting could reshape U.S. elections, making them more accessible and potentially increasing turnout. But security concerns, privacy issues, and trust in results are major challenges. Could online voting lead to higher engagement, or would it create more risks than benefits? Would it increase trust in the election process or deepen skepticism? What’s your take on the future of online voting?

https://ace-usa.org/blog/research/research-votingrights/is-online-voting-the-future-pros-cons-and-key-considerations/

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Ideally, yes.

Realistically for the time being, good god no. It'd be a cyber security nightmare.

[–] DomeGuy 5 points 1 week ago

If you can figure out how to have anonymous and secure ANYTHING over the internet you'd win a nobel prize.

For the moment, claims to do all three either lie about one part or are as sci-fi magic as sapient AI or faster than light communication.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I have a dream of a direct democracy through a voting app that pings you with referendums as they come up. There would be message boards for federal, state, and local levels with threads for each proposed referendum. Totally anonymous of course.

It could be a golden age of true democracy. Too bad about the cyber security nightmare.

[–] foggy 10 points 1 week ago

Hell no.

Hell, hell no.

[–] NegativeLookBehind 6 points 1 week ago

You won’t have to worry about that pesky voting shit if Trump wins

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Absolutely not

[–] jaggedrobotpubes 3 points 1 week ago

I would like it if it actually worked but that feels more like a "post-terraforming mars" kind of thing.

[–] Brkdncr 1 points 1 week ago

I don’t even trust then votes on this comment to be trustworthy.

[–] Archer 1 points 1 week ago

Hackable as fuck. Paper optical scan ballots that can be machine or hand counted and audited is the gold standard for a reason

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