CryptoBallot: Secure Online Voting

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I have mixed feelings about this project.

On one hand, it's solving a very real problem. I'm excited that smart people have done their best to release something that can add some trust to voting systems.

On the other hand, every implementation of online and electronic voting has claimed to be secure. No one's marketing "a pretty insecure voting system." While this project definitely looks trustworthy, I'd only be comfortable with several third-party cryptographic and security assessors providing a very thorough evaluation.

> No one's marketing "a pretty insecure voting system."

This one is. There's no information about threat models, there's no explanation about what "identity protected by RSA" means, there's no claim about what kind of security it has.

It may actually be secure, but when I read that site, all I get out is that it's not.

I get that it's a tangential problem, but vote splitting as a result of first past the post is just as bit a problem. Given the option between paper ballots with something like the Schulze Method vs secure online voting with FPTP, I'd rather take the former.

Is this integrated with a vote counting method? Does it support preferential voting, multiple choice?

The main problem with verifiable voting systems is that a coercing party could force you to vote for X, and then they could verify that you really voted for X.

I'm not sure what the "plausible deniability" of voting is, but do you have a plan for defending against this?

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