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In Spain (and most of Europe, I assume, but can't really tell since I only vote here) you have an ID card (with a picture, among other things), and you are assi
by RBerenguel 10y ago
In Spain (and most of Europe, I assume, but can't really tell since I only vote here) you have an ID card (with a picture, among other things), and you are assigned a voting location according to your latest census data. In that location, there is a list of the people with a right to vote there. When you vote, your name is marked on the list. No-one gets to see your vote (well, until counting, but there is nothing identifiable along your ballot), the only thing that is not anonymous is the fact of whether you voted or not.
Oh, and the people assigned to do the task (checking the ID, marking the stuff, later on counting the ballots) are randomly chosen from the local census. Accredited people from the political parties can be part of the counting (but not touch anything until the first count is done).
- cnnsucks 10y ago"In Spain .... you have an ID card" As a citizen of Spain you may not be aware of the political realities of the US. In many states in the US it is considered racist voter suppression to require any form of ID. In the US we're told that some citizens are too poor to maintain any form of photo ID even when government issued IDs are free. We're told that expecting a voter to present an ID is a form of racist intimidation. So while your proposal probably has merit anywhere that racial grievance mongers can't veto anything they don't like, it is DOA in the US.