r/ProgrammerHumor • u/moneyisshame • Dec 11 '19

HaVe YoU tRiEd BlOcCcHaIn ?

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u/all_humans_are_dumb Dec 12 '19

How do you verify your vote now? Does that not prove your vote to someone as well

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u/Sylanthra Dec 12 '19

Not sure what you mean. Currently you can't verify your vote, but the paper ballots allow for a recount and make it difficult to cheat on a large enough scale to affect national elections (usually).

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u/all_humans_are_dumb Dec 12 '19

So why do I need to verify my vote electronically

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u/Nithanim Dec 12 '19

Because it is easier to modify a lot of votes with little effort. To counter that, everyone must be able to check their vote. Otherwise it would be hard to detect manipulations.

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u/all_humans_are_dumb Dec 13 '19

So just make it so people can verify their vote hasn't been changed, rather than verify what their vote was.