<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: isitademocracy</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=isitademocracy</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 20:18:40 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=isitademocracy" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by isitademocracy in "Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro is barred from office until 2030"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Election day is open to oversight from all political parties. All parties send their people (identified with badges, previously registered with the voting authority) and they have free access to all voting locations.<p>At the end of the day, the bag of paper votes is transported with their oversight (multiple parties from opposing sides) to a public place where all of them will count the papers, together, in a public session, with cameras.<p>It's actually what already happens when the e-voting machines fail and your backup also fails. You cast votes with paper and the votes are counted with this exact same process, with oversight from all parties.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2023 22:49:08 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36543576</link><dc:creator>isitademocracy</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36543576</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36543576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by isitademocracy in "Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro is barred from office until 2030"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Brazil has one supreme court (STF).<p>The other two are superior courts, but they don't rule constitutional matters.<p>The reasons were (you can confirm by clicking on the link above):<p>Security and Secrecy of the Vote: The court argued that the printed vote would not maintain the current standard of security provided by exclusively electronic voting. The paper trail could potentially pose a risk to the secrecy of the vote, with the possibility of identifying which voter chose which candidate. This could threaten the free choice of the voters.<p>[I find this argument ridiculous to be honest. The paper trail is anonymous and there's no way it violates the secrecy of the vote]<p>Operational Difficulties and Costs: The court also noted the significant difficulties and high costs associated with implementing a paper trail. They argued that the potential benefits associated with the security of the electoral process were minuscule compared to the detriments stemming from the implementation of the measure.<p>Rapid Implementation: The court deemed that the law, which called for the immediate implementation of the paper trail in 2018, failed to consider the necessary time and resources for proper setup.<p>[For a country the size of Brazil, the 1 billion BRL (200 million USD) is actually cheap if it avoids the political distrust that the current e-voting system has - see what happened in January 8th with the invasion of Congress and the Supreme Court].</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2023 22:45:40 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36543541</link><dc:creator>isitademocracy</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36543541</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36543541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by isitademocracy in "Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro is barred from office until 2030"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It depends. If you are right-wing, this was actually a very much great day: Bolsonaro is the worst candidate the right has ever produced in Brazil, and his removal from the next elections make it almost guaranteed that the left will not take it again.<p>If you are left-wing, this was actually a terrible day. If you disagree, you are not paying attention.</p>
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