The blockchain system seems quite robust, as you report.
One of the methods of gaming the vote is to have frail elderly sign off on their mail-in ballots which are filled in by someone else (and there is also the "convenient" phenomenon of ballot harvesting). Regardless of how well designed the blockchain system is, couldn't there still b…
The blockchain system seems quite robust, as you report.
One of the methods of gaming the vote is to have frail elderly sign off on their mail-in ballots which are filled in by someone else (and there is also the "convenient" phenomenon of ballot harvesting). Regardless of how well designed the blockchain system is, couldn't there still be "blockchain key" harvesting? Also, what if the issuer of the unique keys is not trustworthy---large numbers of spurious but valid keys could be created, and is possible to swing elections by flipping only a relatively few key districts.
Yes, i was basically agreeing with you, but also pointing out that cheaters will cheat probably no matter what, given the huge and vast operation that is a national election. Your suggestion is certainly an improvement over what is implemented now. Next step: Convince every state to adopt the method (election methodologies are adopted separately by each state)....
The blockchain system seems quite robust, as you report.
One of the methods of gaming the vote is to have frail elderly sign off on their mail-in ballots which are filled in by someone else (and there is also the "convenient" phenomenon of ballot harvesting). Regardless of how well designed the blockchain system is, couldn't there still be "blockchain key" harvesting? Also, what if the issuer of the unique keys is not trustworthy---large numbers of spurious but valid keys could be created, and is possible to swing elections by flipping only a relatively few key districts.
Yes, i was basically agreeing with you, but also pointing out that cheaters will cheat probably no matter what, given the huge and vast operation that is a national election. Your suggestion is certainly an improvement over what is implemented now. Next step: Convince every state to adopt the method (election methodologies are adopted separately by each state)....