A technical problem led to the invalidation of electronic votes in the March 8 ballot in canton Basel City. None of the access keys to the electronic ballot box worked, which meant that 2,048 votes cast by Swiss citizens abroad and people with disabilities could not be counted.
We want to hear your opinion: has this incident affected your confidence in electronic voting? If so, why?
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Worse than this blunder is the amateurish communication by the PD.
Schlimmer als dieser Bock ist die laienhafte Kommunikation durch das PD.
No, e-voting is not trustworthy in any way, and trust in it cannot be further weakened. I am grateful for every case that highlights the uncertainty of e-voting.
Nein, eVoting in keiner Weise vertrauenswürdig ist, kann das Vertrauen auch nicht weiter geschwächt werden. __Ich bin dankbar über jeden Fall, welche die Unsicherheit von eVoting aufzeigt.
This is very serious because how can a vote be validated if not all votes are counted? How can we trust it? Whether or not this is a genuine technical problem, the vote must be cancelled and held again in order to respect democracy. Today, this is a problem caused by technology, but who is to say that tomorrow the results will not be manipulated using this excuse? Humans clearly still have a bright future ahead of them.
C'est très grave car comment valider une votation si on ne tient pas compte de tous les votes ? Comment avoir confiance? Que ce soit un réel problème technique ou pas, le vote doit être annulé et à nouveau proposé afin de respecter la démocratie. Aujourd'hui c'est un problème dû à la technologie, mais qui nous dit que demain on ne manipulera pas les résultats avec cette excuse? L'humain a encore de beaux jours devant lui visiblement.
The figure 2,048 is very suspicious, being 2**11.
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