# How to make electronic voting secure

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-electronic-voting-secure/254011>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [July 7, 2004, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-electronic-voting-secure/254011 "2004-07-07T21:17:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2004, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-electronic-voting-secure/254011/21 "2004-07-10T23:37:56Z")

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> [@Polerius](#):
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> In any case, I stated that it would be preferable if the paper with your RVN contained what you actually voted for  
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Very bad idea. It would compromise the secrecy of the vote. I could pay you to vote for a given candidate, or threaten you, or whatever, and then ask to see the paper to make sure that you actually voted “correctly”.  
Actually, when I think about it, it would be the same if only the code appeared on the paper. I could check by myself on the internet.  
There should be no way to check for whom you actually voted.

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