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The Extra Dimension #26: Online Voting and Why We Don’t Use It

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Ryan Rampersad joins Ian R Buck to talk about online voting, a topic he researched in college. They discuss the rigorous set of requirements for a voting system, and the extra challenges faced by an electronic implementation to meet those requirements.

Episode Index
00:00 | Intro
00:31 | What is E-Voting?
  • What is e-voting?
  • Electronic voting – Wikipedia
  • E-voting: any voting that uses electronic devices to aid the process
  • Polling place e-voting
    • Counting machines, touchscreen devices, etc at the polling place
    • Pretty common in America
    • Only really affects the behind the scenes counting part of voting
    • Remote e-voting
      • Voting on a personal device via the Internet without in-person supervision
      • Would be a fundamental change in how we relate to and approach voting
        • 04:49 | Current process
        • How to Vote in Every State – YouTube
        • Voter registration
          • Done at many public-facing government offices, by mail, and in some states online
          • Vote at polling place on election day
          • Vote early at one of several designated locations
          • Vote absentee by requesting a ballot and mailing it in by a certain date
            • 06:27 | Requirements
            • Traditional Voting Requirements
            • Requirements of E-Voting — Considerations and Examples
            • Ensure that only those with the right to vote can do so
            • Ensure that each vote is counted exactly once
            • Allow protest votes (blank or spoilt votes)
            • Prevent anyone from forcing future votes or punishing for past votes
            • Protect the secrecy of individual votes
            • Guarantee accessibility for all voters
            • Ensure confidence in the process
              • 22:53 | Overall Implementation
              • Implementation of E-Voting
                • 36:52 | Existing Implementation: Estonia
                • Internet Voting – Voting methods in Estonia – Estonian National Electoral Committee
                  • 48:03 | Conclusion
                  49:57 | Outro
                  • The Extra Dimension #9: Encryption › The Nexus
                    • Attributions
                    • Kevin MacLeod [Official] – Inspired – incompetech.com – YouTube
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