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» And one more scenario: before closing the elections, officials can make a list of people who didn't vote and vote for them. If they didn't vote they probably
by mcny 7y ago
» And one more scenario: before closing the elections, officials can make a list of people who didn't vote and vote for them. If they didn't vote they probably don't care about elections and won't find out that someone voted for them.
This could already happen today. This is why all major candidates, even in these united states, send their own observers and not simply trust election officials to do their job.
- codedokode 7y agoThat's what I wanted to say: with paper voting, you can observe voting and counting the results. With electronic voting it might be difficult.
- couchand 7y agoI think you mean "does", or at least, "did". I have spoken with more than one political operative who has voted for the dead, for instance. Probably much more common in NYC (and other places suffering from machine politics, like Chicago).