433 

   433 This conclusion does not imply that in some special cases

   434 %Why do I use e-polling in lectures?

   434 Internet voting cannot be made to work securely. Just in a

   435 

   435 general election where stakes are very high, it does not work.

   436 %Imagine you have a perfectly secure internet voting system, by

   436 For example a good-enough and workable in-lecture online

   437 %which I mean nobody can tamper with or steal votes between

   437 voting system where students' votes are anonymous and students

   438 %your browser and the central server responsible for vote

   438 cannot tamper with the outcome, I am sure, can be implemented. 

   439 %tallying. What can still go wrong with such a perfectly secure

   439 \bigskip

   440 %voting system, which is prevented in traditional elections

   440 

   441 %with paper-based ballots?

   441 \noindent If you want to know more about e-voting, I recommend

   442 the highly entertaining online course by Alex Halderman at

   443 Coursera.

   444 

   445 \begin{center}

   446 \url{https://www.coursera.org/course/digitaldemocracy}

   447 \end{center}

   448 

   449 \noindent There is also an entertaining TEDtalk by Barbara

   450 Simons called ``Why can I bank online but not vote online?''

   451 

   452 \begin{center}

   453 \url{https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv3VuGZzdK8}

   454 \end{center}

   455 

   456 \noindent At the beginning she describes the complete break-in

   457 by the group of Alex Halderman at the try-out voting at

   458 Washington D.C.