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Fraud would be a more worrying concern if they were allowed to photograph ballots. In some states it's illegal to photograph your own ballot due to concerns of
by Brybry 6y ago
Fraud would be a more worrying concern if they were allowed to photograph ballots.
In some states it's illegal to photograph your own ballot due to concerns of vote selling and coercion.
The distance thing is complicated. I assume it's in reference to Pennsylvania.
6 feet was due to COVID-19 social distancing rules but watchers were actually originally segregated much farther away (at least in Philadelphia).
I think the PA Supreme court overturned the 6 feet thing and watchers are farther away again but unsure.
I don't think PA law actually says how far watchers have to be. https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/li/uconsCheck.cfm?yr=2019&sessInd=0&act=77 https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/li/uconsCheck.cfm...
Some of the complaints are fair. For example, IANAL but the PA law clearly states that mail-in ballots have to be received by election day.
- Fnoord 6y agoThe inability to prove you voted on a specific candidate is an integral part of a democracy. Privacy within a voting booth allows such, and any tools which take such privacy away (most commonly using a smartphone or camera) are therefore not allowed in a voting booth. > For example, IANAL but the PA law clearly states that mail-in ballots have to be received by election day. If it clearly states X you might as well link to it. From what I understood they can allowed if the votes were cast in time (which a stamp proves), even if received a few days later (though with a deadline).