The problem with voting is that the closer you bring authentication to the picture, the harder it becomes to solve the issue of ballot secrecy. Today's "sign t

The problem with voting is that the closer you bring authentication to the picture, the harder it becomes to solve the issue of ballot secrecy. Today's "sign the book at the poll, and we give you a ballot, which is one of 500 in this precinct-level box" provides at least some level of obfuscation. I did vote in an election online. Back in 2000, the Arizona Democratic Party ran their (largely a token gesture) primary online as an proof of concept, and I cast my ballot from the main computer lab at ASU. It was convenient, but not breathtakingly more convenient than the mail-in balloting that is a major percentage of users today. Arguably, putting a physical ballot in people's hands is a really strong motivator to actually vote. Although even there, I'm a little more suspect about ballot secrecy; are they really keeping a firewall between the signed perjury declaration on the envelope and the ballot itself?