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Are you asking for evidence that secret ballots prevent voter intimidation? Or evidence that people are harassed online for their stance on this specific issue?
by swebs 5y ago
Are you asking for evidence that secret ballots prevent voter intimidation? Or evidence that people are harassed online for their stance on this specific issue?
- swebs 5y ago>our comparison of survey results with official election truth indicates that the use of a so-called secret ballot yields more accurate, valid self-reports of voting on socially sensitive ballot issues, such as supporting taxes for elderly services. https://academic.oup.com/poq/article-abstract/59/4/568/1940160 https://academic.oup.com/poq/article-abstract/59/4/568/19401... >regression analysis shows that social forces appear to have a greater effect on vote choices among people who doubt the formal secrecy of the ballot. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23526132 https://www.jstor.org/stable/23526132
- Pfhreak 5y agoNeither. I'm asking for evidence that this phenomena would have materially moved the result. I'm willing to believe that 5% of people cast a vote here contrary to their opinions (though that feels high). Even so, the results likely don't shift materially.