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> a fundamental problem with any kind of online voting is that it doesn't prevent your vote from being coerced That's not exactly true. In many countries the v
by Findeton 10y ago
> a fundamental problem with any kind of online voting is that it doesn't prevent your vote from being coerced
That's not exactly true. In many countries the vote is not strictly secret, in the sense that the secrecy of the vote is not enforced: you can show what you are going to put in the ballot to others before casting your vote... and therefore your vote can be coerced or bought as others can verify that you voted as they wanted.
In electronic/online elections, vote coercion is not generally solved BUT the situation is better: normally you can cast your vote as many times as you want and only your last vote will count. Therefore you can vote in presence of your boss, for example, and vote whatever you actually want afterwards.
- iainmerrick 10y agoAh, I didn't know that! I'm only familiar with the UK and US systems, where you cast a secret ballot and you have no way afterwards to prove how you voted (unless you used mail-in voting). And that's a good point about being able to change your vote.