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> allowing voters to check their votes were recorded properly violate anonymity requirements Why can't voters be provided with a random vote ID, which they can
by jMyles 11y ago
> allowing voters to check their votes were recorded properly violate anonymity requirements
Why can't voters be provided with a random vote ID, which they can write down and later check against a list?
If you're concerned about people buying votes directly by buying IDs, just make the set of possible IDs small enough (ie, the same size as the number of registered voters) to confound buyers into being uncertain whether their provider might have just thought up a random ID and written it.
- cariaso 11y ago> Why can't voters be provided with a random vote ID https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_fraud#Vote_buying https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_fraud#Vote_buying "bring me an ID which shows you voted for X and I'll give you $5" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_fraud#Intimidation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_fraud#Intimidation "bring me an idea showing you voted for X or you're fired" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter-verified_paper_audit_trail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter-verified_paper_audit_tra... is the correct-est solution I'm aware of.
- jMyles 11y agoHow is giving them a unique ID any different than the current situation? They can just as easily take a video of themselves voting as proof for these purposes.
- cariaso 11y agoThat is quite new, and of questionable legality http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/25/us/selfies-in-voting-booths-raise-legal-questions-on-speech-and-secrecy.html http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/25/us/selfies-in-voting-booth... for exactly the reasons above.