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Elon Musk condemns the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) used in general elections in some countries. (lemy.lol)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by TVgog56789@lemy.lol to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Right, but the whole process is the issue. If the vote counters lie, or use counting machines that are broken, voters still lose. Only fixing one part of the process is insufficient.

Also, a lack of voter turnout is a huge issue, especially in countries where voters work hourly jobs and polls have meh hours or bad locations. I mean, less wealthy voters, of course.

Never focus on one step at the expense of the rest. People with bad intentions certainly won't.

[–] gentooer@programming.dev 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I understand your concerns. With our machines the QR codes can be forged, but manual recounts are done using the human readable votes on the receipts, which you have to check before leaving the voting booth and dropping the receipt in the ballot box.

Also, we have opkomstplicht (compulsory attendance), although research shows that our votes wouldn't change a lot if voting were voluntary. We also always vote on Sundays.

EDIT: Also, about 1 million people (around 10%) didn't show up to vote, despite the possibility of getting a heavy fine. Not sure how this influenced the result.