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On the same topic, Finland's neighbour, Estonia, has had online voting for over 10 years (since 2005).

https://e-estonia.com/solutions/e-governance/i-voting/

https://www.valimised.ee/en/internet-voting/internet-voting-...

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Here's an evaluation of the Estonian system (originally from 2014, I believe) by independent experts: https://estoniaevoting.org/

Money quote: "What we found alarmed us. There were staggering gaps in procedural and operational security, and the architecture of the system leaves it open to cyberattacks from foreign powers, such as Russia. These attacks could alter votes or leave election outcomes in dispute. We have confirmed these attacks in our lab — they are real threats. We urgently recommend that Estonia discontinue use of the system."

A talk from CCC here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT0e9yTD2M8

I expected some heavy vulnerabilities, but most of it is just FUD (and outdated in addition to that). But I agree that the e-voting system could be done better, with more auditing and etc.

Researchers have found many, many flaws in Estonia's e-voting system[1].

[1]: https://estoniaevoting.org/

According to some security professionals (see the link in a sibling comment) Estonia's system has vulnerabilities, but my guess is that complaints will continue to be ignored until there's concrete evidence that someone has falsified an election result.

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