The cryptography behind electronic voting (and why paper ballots are still essential)

To me, the biggest argument against electronic voting is that the majority of voters must be able to understand and audit the process. With a paper vote, an election observer needs to be able to check that the box is a real box, watch people putting votes into the box, watch the box being taken to where it's counted,…

One thing I've never understood about the push for electronic voting is that it seems to introduce an entire catalog of brand-new problems, and in exchange we get this nebulous feel-good benefit of "we can show you some sort of proof that your vote was counted." Which sounds lovely until you read the fine print and…

I think the main benefit electronic voting would have is the fact that it truly democratises the process among the population cohorts that usually are not invested enough to participate, the young. When casting a ballot can be done safely from the privacy of your own home and device, voting can become a thing that's…