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Maybe OT, but why is one of the requirements for a better voting system "anonymous"? What's wrong with a voting system in which every citizen's vote is transpar
by ccvannorman 10y ago
Maybe OT, but why is one of the requirements for a better voting system "anonymous"? What's wrong with a voting system in which every citizen's vote is transparent and available? Seems like it would be much less susceptible to fraud and easier to audit that way. I don't see a problem with anyone seeing how I voted!
Maybe I am missing something?
- Dove 10y agoIn a system where your vote can be verified, you can be coerced into voting a certain way.
- Bromskloss 10y agoAs a special case of this, one might see the mild "coercion" in simply being uncomfortable with going against the grain by voting for something that others strongly dislike.
- marcosdumay 10y agoThe votes do not need to be public. It should only be verifiable to people that know your key. That does not solve actual coercion, but honest peer pressure isn't a problem.
- yen223 10y agoIn a system where your vote can't be verified, there's no way to assert that - your vote went to the candidate that you chose - all votes come from actual human beings Politicians can rig votes without coercing anyone, so I guess that's a plus.
- imtringued 10y agoThat could be avoided by generating a new identity for each vote.
- magicfractal 10y agoIt enables candidates purchasing votes
- askvictor 10y agoI don't see why this is such a bad thing. It happens anyway, let's just be honest and own it.
- imtringued 10y agoThe only difference right now is that we don't receive a penny of the money spent on voting campaigns.
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- ccvannorman 10y agoThanks for those (other comments) - it seems obvious in retrospect. As someone whose vote cannot be bought these things don't occur to me. :-)
- mikestew 10y agoI'm not looking to buy your vote. But should you choose poorly come Election Day, maybe me and the boys will pay you another visit.