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You generally do not want to know who voted for which candidate. E.g. voting should be anonymous.

• arethuza 15y ago
  I'm pretty sure voting isn't 100% anonymous in the UK - it isn't public but don't the ballot papers have a unique serial number on them? As for collecting the cash prize - we could make people select if they want it anonymously or not (like the lottery).
  • jacquesgt 15y ago
    The main reason for the secret ballot is to prevent vote buying. With the secret ballot, there's a low incentive to buy someone's vote, because there's no way to make sure they held up their side of the deal. Under your plan, candidates could offer a big multiple of the cash prize to the voter whose ballot was selected, if they win.
    • arethuza 15y ago
      Make the offering of such cash inducements a serious criminal offense and offer a very high reward (millions) for any voter who acts as a witness for the successful prosecution of a candidate. If voters are simply doing it for the money they could take the bribe from the candidate and then dob them in and collect the reward.
• gyom 15y ago
  Bitcoins ! :P