Democracy 2.0 (Beta)

[AriceInWonderland]

Here's a good discussion http://www.ted.com/talks/david_bismark_e_voting_without_fraud

Thee "receipt" might actually contribute in developing countries to voter pressure. Imagine a wife in Pakistan voting for a party which her husband does not approve off, and then the husband tells his wife to check with the receipt for whom she has voted. Family-based voting might become a lot more prevalent.

[knifeedge]

Anonymous and verifiable voting systems

A little bit of a contradiction here. How would you know what one identity, one person is, without an authority like a registration office?
or better put, how would you prevent a person from voting twice or multiple times? (let's call this the double-voting problem)
though it indeed is an interesting philosophical question what an identity is. if i'm a programmer at day and a rockstar at night, do i have two identities?

You are one identity with two hobbies.

[AaronCraig]

Here's a good discussion http://www.ted.com/talks/david_bismark_e_voting_without_fraud

Thee "receipt" might actually contribute in developing countries to voter pressure. Imagine a wife in Pakistan voting for a party which her husband does not approve off, and then the husband tells his wife to check with the receipt for whom she has voted. Family-based voting might become a lot more prevalent.

Or she can destroy it, and tell her husband no, fuck off.

[Onanula]

Thee "receipt" might actually contribute in developing countries to voter pressure. Imagine a wife in Pakistan voting for a party which her husband does not approve off, and then the husband tells his wife to check with the receipt for whom she has voted. Family-based voting might become a lot more prevalent.

Or she can destroy it, and tell her husband no, fuck off.

While this sounds simple. What do you think would the abusive husband do?
This is a common issue in the developing world. Just destroying the paper is not a solution as the husband will want to know for whom she voted.

[Timetwister]

What do you thing?

Democracy? No thanks. I don't want to decide for others nor others for me.