Conservative alternatives like Parler or Gab.
Trump won’t do anything other than try to bluff Twitter into playing fair. It’s a losing tactic.
Given the Democrats’ wet-dream of 100% mail-in voting I’m wondering if there is a way to prevent ballot stuffing while still keeping who you voted for a secret.
Here’s an idea. Every voter has a social security number and a date of birth, right? So compute HMAC(SSN+DOB+Secret1)=QR using a one-way Hash-based Message Authentication Code [HMAC]. Secret1 is randomly generated by the election bureau for each ballot. Print it as a scannable QR code on the ballot (think TicketMaster).
This gives each ballot a unique QR such that no two ballots with different SSNs and birthdates are the same, preventing duplication. The voter can later confirm that his/her ballet was indeed counted by entering in their SSN + DOB at the election registrar’s website to check.
The other problem is vote tampering. Using the same basic system the voter can verify on the registrar’s website to confirm who they voted for. When the ballot is received the registrar scans the QR and computes HMAC(QR+MyVote+Secret2), where Secret2 is known only to the registrar. Do this for each political office on the ballot. The voter can then go to the website and enter their personal info to confirm that the vote was counted correctly.
You can strengthen the privacy of the system by using something like two-factor authentication where a second entity (not the registrar) counter-signs each QR with Secret3.
This system guarantees privacy, prevents ballot duplication, and detects vote tampering. Or is it too easy?
Conservative alternatives? Really?