Sounds good. But in practice it's complicated.. In Brazil we have been using electronic voting systems for 20 years. Since then, there's been absolutely NO EVIDENCE of fraud. Specialists are regularly invited to know the code and try to find vulnerabilities (the code wasn't open-sourced, and personally I don't think it should).
And, even so, the losing parties ALWAYS claim there's been some fraud, and a significant part of their respective voters buy such discourse.
There's been turnover of power pretty regularly in most parts, and even this doesn't stop folks of accusing electoral fraud.
Last year, thanks Whatsapp, the debate's gained special contours. Lots of malicious people shared videos showing fake frauds, which were dismissed after some hours.
There's been also lots of stupid people mistyping into the ballot and screaming around with a camera accusing a fraud.
It was a bit of a mess and things tend to get serious in very tight scores, since there won't be a safe, auditable way of recounting the votes without having to fully believe in the government agency responsible for operating the system.
The system makes the process extremely efficient. We are 100 million voters, voting is mandatory, and we always know the winners within a couple of hours past the end of the voting process. But..
And, even so, the losing parties ALWAYS claim there's been some fraud, and a significant part of their respective voters buy such discourse.
There's been turnover of power pretty regularly in most parts, and even this doesn't stop folks of accusing electoral fraud.
Last year, thanks Whatsapp, the debate's gained special contours. Lots of malicious people shared videos showing fake frauds, which were dismissed after some hours.
There's been also lots of stupid people mistyping into the ballot and screaming around with a camera accusing a fraud.
It was a bit of a mess and things tend to get serious in very tight scores, since there won't be a safe, auditable way of recounting the votes without having to fully believe in the government agency responsible for operating the system.
The system makes the process extremely efficient. We are 100 million voters, voting is mandatory, and we always know the winners within a couple of hours past the end of the voting process. But..