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Which is why vote by mail is so controversial; it eliminates the secret ballot. This would really hurt Trump, since he seems to have an unusually high percenta
by akvadrako 6y ago
Which is why vote by mail is so controversial; it eliminates the secret ballot.
This would really hurt Trump, since he seems to have an unusually high percentage of “shy” voters.
- hef19898 6y agoMail voting is totally normal in Germany. And secret. Just because one country didn't solve it, doesn't mean it is an unsolved problem.
- Spivak 6y agoIt’s secret but not private. I really don’t care if my name is attached to my vote in a way that the gov’t potentially knows how I vote but it seems a lot of people do.
- hef19898 6y agoHistorically, there are a lot of cases were this turned out to be a huge problem. A lot of the German system, voting and otherwise, is influenced by the Nazi regime and it rise to power. That's why we have things like the 5% margin for parties to get seats in parliament. During the Weimar republic, one of the reasons why it was close to impossible to form stable coalitions was the high number of parties with seats. And the list goes on.
- akvadrako 6y agoThat sounds impossible. How do you prevent a dominant member of your household from checking what party you choose before the envelope is sealed?