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It suddenly occurs to me: Another aspect of pervasive biometrics. The State -- or, private entity with sufficient influence to access the ballots (think espec
by pasbesoin 11y ago
It suddenly occurs to me: Another aspect of pervasive biometrics. The State -- or, private entity with sufficient influence to access the ballots (think especially but not only at the local/regional level) -- scans the paper ballots for prints. Suddenly, they know how you voted.
(DNA as well, I guess, but we are further away from having instant/economic mass DNA scanning.)
- eli 11y agoYou're way overthinking it. Most voters belong to a political party, which is a public record that anyone can look up. Same for campaign contributions. DNC and RNC and various private entities maintain databases of voters' political leanings. One wouldn't need to compromise the voting system to get a list of who (likely) voted for whom.
- IanCal 11y agoThat's not a huge concern, since in the UK there's a record of voter id -> ballot paper id kept. With access to that and the ballot papers you can tell how everyone voted.
- zo1 11y ago"Suddenly, they know how you voted." Why would that be a bad thing? Short of police-state type scenarios, I can't think of anything decently plausible.