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Why Electronic Voting is a BAD Idea - Computerphile

Tom Scott explains for Computerphile why electronic voting is a bad idea, arguing that paper ballots are transparent, auditable and hard to tamper with at scale. He covers why moving voting to phones, tablets or computers undermines trust and verifiability.

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Why HN readers recommended it

It is the go-to short explainer HN commenters link whenever e-voting, voting machines or online voting come up.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Computerphile
Topic
electronic voting security
Format
explainer
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
7
HN mentions in dataset
20
Recommendation years in dataset
2015–2025

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From the original HN conversations

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  • I love Tom Scott's computerphile videos. His frustration grows over a few videos; his videos about the difficulties of internationalization[1] and the problems of electronic voting[2] are even crazier. [1] [LINK] [2] [VIDEO]

    pdkl95 on Hacker News · 2015-04
    In Unit tests fail when run in Australia

  • please watch this: [VIDEO] it has a good list of reasons why software voting is a terrible idea. also the secret ballet is very important to maintaining the fairness of elections.

    ajurna on Hacker News · 2018-08
    In Ask HN: Could programmers convince society not to use software voting systems?

  • I love [this video]( [VIDEO] ) from Tom Scott in which he explains quite well why e-voting is inherently bad. I am very happy that here in Switzerland, even if we have to vote several times every year, we still do it the old fashion …

    marcyb5st on Hacker News · 2018-10
    In US mid-terms: Hackers expose 'staggering' voter machine flaws

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