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What if every vote had an ID / random number attached to it, identifying you, and then when they are counted every number that was read and counted gets posted
by WilliamEdward 8y ago
What if every vote had an ID / random number attached to it, identifying you, and then when they are counted every number that was read and counted gets posted up on some database or broadcast, or even in paper form to be collected at another polling station, so you know for sure your vote counted?
Just spitballing here, because it seems like an easy problem to solve, the US is just notoriously stubborn when it comes to mixing up the election process.
- cr1895 8y ago>What if every vote had an ID / random number attached to it, identifying you Votes must not be attributable to any given person, or else the potential for coercion exists.
- lamarpye 8y agoOr vote buying.
- jessaustin 8y agoI read GP as simply verifying that a particular ballot made it into the count, not verifying what the votes on that ballot happened to be. That seems less problematic with respect to buying or coercing votes. I'm not convinced that "lost ballots" are a big problem, but such a system would be a way of checking that.
- rsynnott 8y agoThat would destroy the secret ballot, so isn't appropriate for a democratic country. Many developed democracies either never stopped using a pure paper ballot, or have gone back to it over the last decade or so. For all its flaws, it's easier to make safer than electronic voting.
- r00fus 8y agoI get something similar in CA. I can look online and see that I voted. That’s public info and should be audited. The part that remains secret is who/what I voted for. Edit:clarity