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The article answers that. You can cast your vote as often as you want; only the last vote cast counts. So someone could coerce you to vote A (often a spouse), b
by Freak_NL 8y ago
The article answers that. You can cast your vote as often as you want; only the last vote cast counts. So someone could coerce you to vote A (often a spouse), but afterwards you just go and vote again for B.
Of course that requires having the opportunity to vote again, so the solution won't deter anyone determined enough.
With paper ballots that problem exists too when you can authorize another citizen to vote on your behalf (this tends to be limited to one or two extra votes per person).
- patall 8y ago> You can cast your vote as often as you want; only the last vote cast counts. So someone could coerce you to vote A (often a spouse), but afterwards you just go and vote again for B. How does this help you? If some one can coerce you once, they can coerce you again (and coerce you in showing when you voted last). Your assumption seems to be that the person forcing one does not understand the system.
- Freak_NL 8y agoNot my understanding; just how the system is explained there. I would guess that after casting the vote you can only see that you voted, not when. The only way to ensure someone votes the way you want them to is to wait until the very last moment (or just take away their identifiers). Again, this is no different from using another citizen's mandate to vote for them, and it doesn't scale. Of course there are plenty of other problems with e-voting that remain unaddressed.