[–] irelandLost 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

We spent millions on electronic voting machines in the early 2000s. Think one constituency might have gotten to use them once on a trial run. They’ve been dumped in a shed somewhere ever since cos they’re dodgy as fuck. Convicted terrorists being elected isn’t an especially rare occurrence here, we have abstentionist political parties who won’t even participate in elections and seemingly only exist to cause trouble, but even we won’t use electronic voting machines. We also show ID in order to cast a ballot.

[–] bonghits4jeebus ago 

FWIW all the electronic machines I've ever used, and this includes most of the states generate a paper ballot that the voter verifies and dumps in a box. The sketchy part is the counting and reporting.

[–] irelandLost ago 

And do they count the paper ballot or the machine? If they count the paper ballot what’s the point of the machine, and if they count the machine numbers what’s the point of the paper ballot (they’re hackable, that’s why we dumped ours I think)?

[–] PhilKDick 0 points 24 points (+24|-0) ago 

Both have in common: the game is rigged against you.

[–] PoBoy 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

There's a reason slot machines are also known as reverse atms

[–] Cat-hax 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

At least its publicly known or assumed with slots