I don't understand the reason for electronic voting. The UK manages to tally up paper votes overnight, even from far-flung Scottish islands. Electronic voting is literally solving a problem that nobody has.
replyThe UK is the world's 22nd most populated and 78th largest country.
replyUK population density (people/sq km) is 289 and Switzerland's is 228, so not very different. Plus Switzerland is fully connected, there are no remote islands.
reply[1] https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/population-by...
So more populated countries have more potential poll workers to choose from. Isn't this a linear relationship? What does size have to do with anything?
reply> If there is distrust, the justice system can review the paper trail as well.
replyThere is always, so you would just always count the ballots.
What is the rush to tally the ballots? Do we need an _instant_ count? Isn't that actually a negative attribute as far as security is concerned?
replyThe distance between the election and the taking of the office is often months. I just don't understand why electronics need to be involved at all in this system.
FWIW Swiss elections are counted in at most 6 hours, usually quicker except for big cities. If your system takes longer than that, it's a bad system.
replyAlso it's not just elections to offices, but also votes on yes/no propositions, which can take effect more or less immediately.