today I voted on a Dominion "voting machine"
obviously, in the country where we pretend to have invented AI, voting starts with a line
line not bc so many people were voting, the machine reported 93
instead greater demand for pen+paper voting:
Table+DungeonMasterScreen+Pen
they could have setup more, but.. complex i guess?
what is truly odd, the "voting machine", prints out a paper ballot. not similar, the same
thanks Dominion printing machine, im sure its worth every penny
@ekis There is absolutely nothing wrong with mark sense voting. It does not require electricity or sysadmins. It can be counted at machine speed, and examined by hand if the election is close enough to warrant that. Best of all, it can be supervised using basic human skills like counting and observation. You do not have to trust a machine or an expert.
@mike805 I'm a little confused, I never suggested or said there was anything wrong with it. I simply reported my experience
I understand why people think its safer
Though I also understand that makes little sense because at any moment we could have a completely secure voting system, using PKI, the government uses it everywhere for security + authentication .. but not voting
i would expect anyone hacking an election system to just be efficient, and manipulate the database of results directly
@ekis Not attacking, just arguing for my preferred system.
We could fix a lot of things with a universal PKI system. People would scream "big brother mark of the beast" if they tried, but giving everyone a security token would solve a LOT of problems. From IRS fraud to voting.
Offer a prize of one billion dollars for anyone who could crack it.
@mike805 I get it, I'm just trying to understand what your position is a little better, so I don't miss your point.
@mike805 I know you are not attacking <3 I apologize for being pokey myself
@mike805 I think both ways are silly to be honest
But spending 100,000 USD+ or whatever the value is, I tried to look but didn't care enough, for a "voting machine" that is quite literally a printer connected to an android device
Why not just know most of the people on the voting roster are elderly, and setup more pen+paper voting stations
What I find silly is the illusion America is the richest, best, most advanced country on earth; which people truly believe here, contrasted with reality