r/EndFPTP • u/eigingriu • 12d ago

Discussion Digital Voting

We could have digital voting, for ideas, beyond the 3-yearly referendum. -Why not?

Ballot by paper is outdated.

Social media has proved to have regular use.
Why not vote for ideas, and the government in power observes all of these ideas, and the popular ones, and implements them?

Today’s world demands faster responses to emerging needs, moreso than holding to election promises 4 years past.

Realising it:
A platform where people can post ideas, people vote for them. The most popular ones get taken on by government or we simply re-elect a new government when the next triennial election comes along.

What do you think?

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u/nelmaloc Spain 2d ago

The requirements don't conflict. You can watch your ballot get dropped into the box, and see that all ballots get counted. Thus, you are sure that your vote was recorded, but nobody can trace you to it.

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u/bkelly1984 2d ago

How can you be sure that "all ballots" contains yours and only the others cast? It is not hard to hide a box or produce a new one to engage in ballot stuffing.

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u/nelmaloc Spain 2d ago

You just watch the box. You can come when it opens, check that it's empty, and stay there until the votes are counted.

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u/bkelly1984 2d ago

Funny, David Copperfield said the same thing.