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What do you consider "very very small?" Tabuation is done at the precinct level, and there are many many precincts involved in an election. Also jurisdictions
by the_snooze 6y ago
What do you consider "very very small?" Tabuation is done at the precinct level, and there are many many precincts involved in an election.
Also jurisdictions can do risk-limiting audits (RLA) to spot-check that the electronic counts are in line with the results. "Following your vote" is dangerous because it opens up the possibility of at-scale voter intimidation or vote-buying. "Receipt-freeness" is a desirable property because it eliminates this risk. RLAs allow for aggregate verification while maintaining receipt-freeness.
- singron 6y agoReceipts (paper records received after voting) are OK as long as they don't reveal who you voted for. Confusingly, sometimes this is called "receipt-free".
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- the_snooze 6y ago>OK as long as they don't reveal who you voted for. Yup, an "I voted" sticker is OK. An "I voted" sticker with your ballot's serial number isn't.