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#ballot-box-stuffing

  • How Does One Protect Online Ballot Box Stuffing?

    https://justatheory.com/2006/02/online-voting-security/

    I need to set up an online voting system. It needs to be more robust than a simple polling system, in order, primarily, to prevent ballot box stuffing. Of course I realize that it’s impossible to prevent ballot box stuffing by a determined individual, but what I want to prevent is scripted attacks and denial of service attacks. The features I’ve come up with so far to prevent attacks are:

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curl -X GET \
  -H "Content-type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  "https://octothorp.es/~/ballot-box-stuffing"