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How would they stop that?
by zepolen 8y ago
How would they stop that?
- jacques_chester 8y agoBy having dozens of people watching everything except the actual marking of the ballot. Scrutineers are highly motivated: they want to catch the other candidate cheating. I've been a scrutineer in a polling room. I could watch and challenge anything except the marking of a ballot. And I did. So did other scrutineers. The odds of the mobster keeping a rotating scheme without detection approach zero with great rapidity, especially since staying in the ballot after casting your vote is not permitted.
- zepolen 8y agoHe wouldn't stay in the ballot - he'd pocket the slip and take it outside...
- jacques_chester 8y agoReturning to my point, which is that he'd need to do this without anyone noticing. A bit difficult since there are officials watching you put the ballot into the box. Or, gee, that's weird, failing to put the ballot into the box.
- zepolen 8y agoCouldn't they put a random piece of paper in the ballot box? What happens if a white piece of paper is found? Do all the votes in the box get cancelled?
- snowwrestler 8y agoYup. In the U.S. they are generally called poll watchers. https://www-m.cnn.com/2016/10/29/politics/poll-watchers-monitors/index.html https://www-m.cnn.com/2016/10/29/politics/poll-watchers-moni... Also, a voter who is being intimidated by a mobster could just walk up to a poll worker or police officer and report it.