[FFmpeg-devel] Recommanded best practice for voting

[Michael Niedermayer]

Hi all

CIVS has a feature that allows you to pair a number with your ballot.
The more people use this, and check this after the vote, the more
certain it is that all votes have been counted correctly!

So when you vote, pick a random number and write it down then put it in that
field.
After the vote check that your ballot with the number is in the list.

If you want to abstain from voting, explicitly abstain and vote all
choices equal while adding your random number.

If everyone does this. Noone in the middle can modify or remove a ballot
without being noticed.

If on top of that the list of authorized voters is public and the number
matches then also no ballots can be added without it being noticed.

Yes i know it takes 30sec more time per voter but it makes remote
votes not have to trust any intermediate or admin or anything if this
is done consistantly.

So i do suggest people follow the above suggestion for future votes!

thx

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