> Ballots need serial numbers that trace back to a person that we can pick up a phone and confirm their vote when elections are contested. That would mean that

> Ballots need serial numbers that trace back to a person that we can pick up a phone and confirm their vote when elections are contested. That would mean that elections are no longer secret. There are many good reasons why elections are secret in most (all?) democracies. It makes it impossible for people to be pressured into voting a certain way or payed to vote a certain way. It also means that you can't be prosecuted for voting a certain way. Giving up all of this would open up so many new avenues for voter fraud. Edit: This is not necessarily an argument but secret ballots are part of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.