Voting Early and Often Can Be a Good Thing

The current political climate has almost ruled out the use of Internet voting. Many politicians, led by vocal computer scientists, are pushing for voter verified paper receipts; which is likely to push us even further away from even electronic voting systems. On the other hand, cryptographers have created homomorphic encryption and non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs with features that can support Internet voting. Adding a few more protocols, including an extended voting period and repeat voting can solve the remaining problems need to make Internet voting at least as secure as existing systems.