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by diego_moita8 hours ago |
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upvoteby palata8 hours ago|
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Actually I don't understand the push towards e-voting in countries like Switzerland. E-voting can be hacked from the other side of the world, because it happens on computers. In-person voting or physical mail is much harder to hack from the other side of the world.
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upvoteby brainwad7 hours ago|
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Most of the push for e-voting in Switzerland is from the Swiss abroad (10% of the electorate), who have a right to vote, but whose exercise of that right is subject to the vagaries of the international postal system. I personally have had problems with receiving postal ballots from Australia to Switzerland with not enough time to return them; presumably Swiss voters in Australia have similar problems, let alone less-developed countries.
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upvoteby ninalanyon1 hours ago|
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That's easily fixed by extending the deadline. No new technology is required.
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upvoteby brainwad1 hours ago|
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It's not necessarily easy. The timing of Australian elections from issuance of writs is limited by the constitution, and since they can occur at the discretion of the prime minister, you can't prepare for them in advance.

Swiss votes are scheduled in advance, but the explanatory material and campaign flyers still have to be made and in order to be topical you don't want to make them too early. In particular the consequences of previous votes can affect the upcoming votes, and the closest interval is only 2 months (September/November).

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upvoteby diego_moita8 hours ago|
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Can't talk about Switzerland, don't know the particularities.

But in continental countries like Brazil it makes a lot of sense. It is cheaper, faster and safer.

> E-voting can be hacked from the other side of the world, because it happens on computers

How do you "hack from the other side of the world" a computer that isn't even online? True, the transmission of computed results is made online, but keeping that safe is trivial, banks do it.

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upvoteby palata2 hours ago|
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> How do you "hack from the other side of the world" a computer that isn't even online?

E-voting in this case means that they can vote from their computer, ipad or mobile phone. They are connected to the internet.

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