The most important feature of elections is that everyone in society can take part of the process, understand the process, and (locally) verify that the elections are fair.
Technology just introduces black boxes that citizens are somehow expected to trust, because something something cryptography something blockchain.
No, that's not good enough.
oh please. People trust the lock sign on HTTPS all day without understanding it. (or mastercard or the bridge they drive over or well anything).
Avoiding superior technological solutions just because the man on the street doesn't understand them is a bad approach. If society did that we'd still be in the 1800s.
Yes, and the internet is an absolute cesspool when it comes to security. Do we really want to hold up the internet as a shining success that we should be applying to probably the most important institution we have?
> The most important feature of elections
If an election goes against you and you don't clearly understand and trust the voting mechanism, you're not going to vote next time because why bother? It's all rigged anyway.