Show HN: Electronic Voting System

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its an interesting project, but being as how the the topic of the project relates to security, democracy and ease-of-use, I think there is a point relating to each that would be worth addressing if you've not yet submitted this for assessment:

1. Security: i know its a demo, but 'admin' and 'password'? No two-factor for admin login? nor biometrics? not even https?

2. Democracy: Candidate 3 is disadvantaged by the fact that their button is partially off screen when there is plenty of room to show all three (ideally in a randomised order)

3. Ease of use: Some visual feedback about what was happening with the fingerprint scanner would be really helpful. You held your finger there for what felt like a minute and if I couldn't see something on screen I think I'd have given up and walked off or found someone to help.

Thanks for the comment. Those are all great ideas. The coding was completed in 8 weeks so I really was crunched for time especially simply getting all the hardware to interface. I am continuing some work on it in my free time and all of these are fantastic ideas. There is now HTTPS on the web now, I like the idea of 2 factor for admin login quite a bit. as to point 2 and 3, I recognize the fact that the UI is/was fairly lacking and is definitely something that is a high priority for the project.

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