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> It’s why I believe early votes should be allowed to be overwritten by in-person votes. It's an interesting idea, though how would you maintain the secret bal
by tempay 8y ago
> It’s why I believe early votes should be allowed to be overwritten by in-person votes.
It's an interesting idea, though how would you maintain the secret ballot? If you ask them to make a "negative vote" they can suddenly vote three times without any chance of being caught.
- simias 8y agoYou could keep the ballot sealed but tied to the voter's ID. Once the polling center closes for every mailed-in ballot they check if they have an in-person vote. If so, they discard it, otherwise they add it in the urn before it's opened for counting.
- JumpCrisscross 8y ago> Once the polling center closes for every mailed-in ballot they check if they have an in-person vote Agree on keeping votes sealed until live polling closes. But there is no need to check every mailed-in ballot against in-person votes. Instead, when a mailed-in ballot arrives one marks the voter rolls. When a voter checks into a polling place, the rolls are anyway consulted. At that time, if a live voter shows as having already voted: that ballot is found and destroyed, and the voter given a fresh ballot to cast.
- gliptic 8y agoThis is actually how it works in Sweden. They check the voter list whether the person already voted during the day and discards the mail-in if so.