Comment on If the EU uses online signature for European Citizen's Initiative, why isn't voting online for elections or policies not allowed?

bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Because signing a petition isn’t voting. First and foremost voting should be anonymous. Secondly voting should be secret. Combine these with online voting from an unsecured location where your spouse could coerce you into voting for their candidate and it becomes a security nightmare.

On top of that voting should be transparent. With simple paper ballots any child, idiot and elderly person, every citizen can understand how it works. YOU can keep an eye on the whole process to make sure everything is counted and reported correctly. This isn’t a theoretical possibility. People actually do that. And that way irregularities do get spotted.

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