08.10.2016 - 05:30 [ Techdirt ]

Argentina Not Only Wants To Bring In E-Voting, It Will Make It Illegal To Check The System For Electoral Fraud

Imposing an e-voting system may be foolish, but Argentina‘s plans manage to magnify that folly many times over. A blog post in Spanish by Javier Smaldone explains why: „The proposal provides for imprisonment (1 to 6 years) for conducting activities that are essential in any audit or independent review of the system.“