Widespread electronic voting is a “terrible idea” for Australia, security experts told an inquiry on Monday, amid calls for a national platform to standardise procedures and cut costs.
The fundamental differences and difficulties in scrutinising electronic voting compared to paper voting meant it isn’t worth the considerable risk to election integrity or citizen trust, the experts said.
Australian National University associate professor Vanessa Teague and University of NSW’s Dr Hammond Pearce urged NSW lawmakers to resist a hasty move away from paper voting and any potential national system for electronic voting.
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