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It's a little off-point, but I can't help to note a bit of unmentioned fallout to exploitable voting machines -- I early-voted last week in Atlanta and again (a

It's a little off-point, but I can't help to note a bit of unmentioned fallout to exploitable voting machines -- I early-voted last week in Atlanta and again (as on every other voting day in Atlanta for the last 7-8 years) the voting booth had no curtains and virtually no privacy. I assume this is to make it more difficult for someone to swap in a card that could compromise that voting machine somehow. But I'd love to see an article addressing this issue - in some areas of the country you must vote 'publicly' - because the touch points are so huge on each screen (and color-coded) - each of your selections can [and are] seen by the poll workers. I'm too lazy to research this further, but isn't voting anonymity guaranteed/implied somewhere in our country's codicils (incorrect term, but you know what I mean)

ergothus 8y ago
Iirc, it is a state decision. It is hard to get firm answers as there are different concepts that overlap: Is it legal to pay someone to vote a certain way? Saying 'no' does not mean it is a truly secret ballot, but it is something. Is the ballot printed by the govt as opposed to parties or organizations? (Meaning there is an "official ballot" and not just any piece of paper) At one point this was a new thing. Are you doing an oral vote? As it is, I think in general you end up with no obligation to share your vote, but that is not the same as any legal obligation to make the voting booth well concealed, depending on state, but that is no small amount of reading between the lines and conjecture on my part, so dont trust me too much.