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Having the ability to verify your own vote is still dangerous. There's a fine line between "can be verified by the government at any time who you voted for" an
by Klathmon 9y ago
Having the ability to verify your own vote is still dangerous.
There's a fine line between "can be verified by the government at any time who you voted for" and "can be forced to show proof of who you voted for" or even "if you don't publicly show your proof of who you voted for, you are on a list". not to mention the ability to "sell" your vote to whoever and have proof that you followed through.
In a truly "secret ballot" voting system, you should be incapable of proving who you voted for. You can still tell others who you voted for, but there shouldn't be any "proof".
- SAI_Peregrinus 9y agoLook up Scantegrity. It provides the ability to prove that your vote was counted as cast, but not the ability to prove who you voted for.
- Klathmon 9y agoI'm perfectly fine with being able to prove your vote was cast (I'd actually prefer if you were required by law to vote. You can make a vote of "nobody", but you'd need to vote), but that is very different from being able to verify who you voted for. But even still paper ballots where you check off a square and put it in a box can give the same assurances as that complicated Scantegrity system as long as you stick around and watch the ballot box yourself till it's counted. yes, it's a day of time, but it's something you or literally anyone else can do regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, social status, education, or anything else.
- pm24601 9y agoNot possible to watch it being counted. * The ballot gets mixed in with others * the bundle gets divided up (A cards go in 1 bundle, B cards go another) * taken to a vote counting location; * each bundle is then divide between ballot counting machines. The whole point is that an individual ballot becomes untraceable before the counting actually starts.