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I assume the voting history is only if they voted or not, which is sensitive for sure, but not that vital since with paper ballots you can put in an invalid vot
by jeltz 7y ago
I assume the voting history is only if they voted or not, which is sensitive for sure, but not that vital since with paper ballots you can put in an invalid vote or a vote for another candidate if coerced and there would be no way to check what you voted. With an app it would be possible to force people to prove what they voted for.
- EGreg 7y agoI don’t understand how being able to prove who you voted for is going to lead to more negative than positive. Can you walk me through how, realistically, a large scale voter coersion operation would even work? If you know how a district voted, why not coerce the entire district? After all, if you have access to unlimited coersion powers, you’d be wasting them on a couple individuals. I say if someone has the power to coerce others to that extent, we have bigger problems in our democracy. They can, for example, coerce members of the opposing party to stay home and not vote. In short, I think this is a fantasy problem. There are far easier ways to fake a vote (like this: https://beta.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/12/06/gop-was-upset-about-election-fraud-before-it-threatened-their-candidate/ https://beta.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/12/06/gop-was-...) and the app would prevent those.
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- the_snooze 7y ago"All employees who submit proof of their casted ballot for X will receive a $50 gift card. Employees who fail to do so may see a reduction in hours."
- EGreg 7y ago“All registered Democrats who submit proof they voted will receive $50 gift card” “All registered Republican voters who submit proof they were home that day will receive $50 cards”