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Touch screens in Maryland give a receipt that you voted. But the votes themselves are not included on the receipt. The purpose behind this is to mitigate peop
by linkregister 10y ago
Touch screens in Maryland give a receipt that you voted. But the votes themselves are not included on the receipt. The purpose behind this is to mitigate people paying for votes in a very close district. Having a reliable method of determining someone's vote compromises this mitigation.
Is one threat greater than the other? I actually think the threat of vote payment is lower due to the the high risk of the illegal act being exposed. But this is strictly intuition and I have no actual knowledge of the matter.
Edit: in the article, they describe a receipt method that matches your description. But the voter doesn't retain it.