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it's impossible to manipulate an election from the voting booth under basically any circumstances. That's just a lack of creativity. A popular mechanism in th
by ktRolster 10y ago
it's impossible to manipulate an election from the voting booth under basically any circumstances.
That's just a lack of creativity. A popular mechanism in the past was the false-bottom ballot box (the man who first brought that to SF in the 1800s was rewarded handsomely, reported by Irving Stone).
You can have ghost voters, for example. People registered at addresses that don't exist, then bus people from precinct to precinct voting multiple times. Also, people register to vote in two different places: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2004/10/people_who_vote_twice.html http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/200...
I have seen foreigners vote with my own eyes. I don't know how common that is (or any of it is, actually), but that is something that happens.
- XorNot 10y agoI have seen foreigners vote with my own eyes. How could you possibly know they're not entitled to vote? Did you know them personally? Were you aware fully of their immigration status?
- ktRolster 10y agoHow could you possibly know they're not entitled to vote? You listed two possible ways in your post.
- XorNot 10y agoWhich you didn't seem to think were relevant to list while making your claim. And which are both odd things to "just know" about a person. Did they say one day "oh yeah, I voted illegally lol"? Doesn't seem like the type of thing which comes up in conversation easily. EDIT: To be clear, I am asking specifically how you know you saw people who were ineligible to vote voting. A follow up would also be why you observed this and didn't tell anyone.
- ktRolster 10y agoTo be honest, I don't know you at all. If you don't believe me, if you think I'm lying, that's fine.