Reply #54: Feasability of precautions

[Land Shark]

Even if the foolproof system could be built to satisfy experts (and that would have to include firewalls protecting even the power cords, since it is now an undergraduate electrical/computer engineering project to multiplex a data signal over a power line) such a foolproof system would be (1) pretty expensive (2) impossibly expensive for small counties who probably wouldn't even have the required techs for it and most importantly (3) the average non-technical expert would not be able to independently understand the "beauty and perfection" of the system, and can not be FORCED to have confidence in it. The system should be something every person of even below average intelligence can figure out is fair and relatively secure.

Highly technical systems deny non-technical citizens their right to observe, inspect and verify. And, as I've said before, the winners rarely doubt the integrity of the election system, the test is whether the losers can freely accept it without being pressured. When that happens, you know you have a good system. Election systems should not be built on faith or tech-worship but on transparency and potential validation by every interested citizen.