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Yes, but there is no proof that the user actually used that QR to make their vote. This diminishes the incentive to buy votes because there is no verifiable pr

Yes, but there is no proof that the user actually used that QR to make their vote. This diminishes the incentive to buy votes because there is no verifiable proof of how someone voted. I'm not saying it's a perfect solution, but it's more secure than mail-in ballots, which are currently in use and popular in many locations.

AgentME 7y ago
The issue isn't that someone can force you to vote a certain way or check that you voted in some way. The issue is that someone can make it outrageously convenient for you to make a whole set of uninformed votes. Imagine you're very busy and haven't spent the time yet to figure out what to vote for. Someone tells you that if you vote a certain way, it will be great for a certain pet issue that you care about, and they give you (and many others) a QR code. The QR code contains a vote for one candidate who cares about the pet issue, but the rest of the votes in the QR code are all oriented around a different issue that you don't know about, don't care about, or actively care the other way about, but you don't notice and scan it and vote it as-is. Mail-in ballots don't have that issue.