E-Voting Refuses to Die Even Though It's Neither Secure nor Secret

There are documented issues with many existing electronic voting systems. E-voting encompasses a lot of different types of system that can involve computers in the chain, and not surprisingly all of them are equal.

There have been a few discussions around voting on HN recently, and that's good. It's an important topic, as trust in the integrity of elections is vital for democracy. There's a lot of existing material out there about verifiable and auditable voting systems, especially in the wake of the 2000 US Presidential elections. I encourage you to take a look at what's out there. It can provide a great foundation for discussion.

Here are some links I've found useful:

Wikipedia page on End-to-End Auditable Voting Systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End-to-end_auditable_voting_sy...

Ron Rivest slide deck from March 2016. Auditability and Verifiability of Elections https://people.csail.mit.edu/rivest/pubs/Riv16x.pdf

Ben Adida Google Tech Talks December 19, 2007 Theory and Practice of Cryptography: Verifying Electiosns with Cryptography https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDnShu5V99s