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jstolfi 2 points 11 days ago

    “There is a common misconception that voting cannot be done online in a secure way. However, the introduction of blockchain technology is changing the conversation,” Adam Ernest, CEO of Virginia-based FollowMyVote – an organization committed to developing an online open source, transparent voting platform – explains.

Not quite. Rather, there is a common misconception that the "problem" of voting is only to prevent fraud during the counting of the votes. In fact the problem is to prevent fraud AND VOTER COERCION during the CAPTURE of the votes. That is why voting through the internet or mobile devices is out of the question, no matter what fancy technology one may throw at it. Votes must be cast in a secure voting cabin where the voter (and everybody else) can trust that no one is snooping, by a device that he (and everybody else) can trust that will not connect him to the vote. And the voter cannot be allowed to take any electronic device into that voting environment.

There are already very good, cheap, tested solutions for that "problem", so it is not a problem actually. The really tough problem is keeping snake oil salesmen from duping the people into buying high-tech "solutions" that actually make voting unsafe. May they rot in hell...

Where is BM's blogpost on voting and how it's another 'fake problem'?

EDIT: http://bytemaster.github.io/article/2014/12/21/Provably-Honest-Online-Elections/

I replied to the comment with an extract of BM's blog
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3bcjxo/blockchain_technology_the_key_to_secure_online/csxryf5

[vikram]

On reddit - our latest article on Bitcoin Magazine
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3bcjxo/blockchain_technology_the_key_to_secure_online/?submit_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbitcoinmagazine.com%2F21031%2Fblockchain-technology-key-secure-online-voting%2F&already_submitted=true

That link was submitted 11 days ago.. long buried by now.

You have to resubmit by clicking that link at the top if you are trying to repost.

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also on voat https://voat.co/v/smartcoin/comments/233627

[Akado]

Like that post, I've encountered some people defending that although anti-corruption, it won't be safe to vote and voting needs to be done in a safe environment.

[Slick Willy]

On reddit - our latest article on Bitcoin Magazine
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3bcjxo/blockchain_technology_the_key_to_secure_online/?submit_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbitcoinmagazine.com%2F21031%2Fblockchain-technology-key-secure-online-voting%2F&already_submitted=true