Thread by @kegill

The most in-depth and critical examination of WV's proposed mobile app voting (@Voatz) is from @DerSPIEGEL but it falls prey to the claim of "cumbersome absentee ballots" for service members. SOS Mac Warner KNOWS better.

spiegel.de/international/…

WV service and overseas voters can receive ballots electronically and return them by email or fax. It's a transparent process. How "cumbersome" is that?
overseasvotefoundation.org/vote/svid.htm?…

Vote by mobile phone? You might as well be casting a ballot using a lever or punchcard, given how transparent the process isn't. In any of these cases, the voter has no assurance that the vote she cast is the one received and counted.

This is worst than"direct recording device without a voter verified paper trail" because the vendor holds the database of votes (the vendor - see Kennesaw University in Georgia) and the transmission method is wildly insecure. #justSayNo