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Why? It's the norm in pretty much every country when it comes to making decisions at the national level. If secret voting is not ensured and there's a standard

by a2128 2y ago

Why? It's the norm in pretty much every country when it comes to making decisions at the national level. If secret voting is not ensured and there's a standard way to verify anybody's vote with 100% certainty, there will be employers firing people for voting for a particular candidate, there will be discounts/freebies for people who voted for a particular candidate, there will be violence and ostracism, celebrities and company executives will be harassed to justify their voting decisions, and all of this WILL pressure everyone's voting decisions (or the decision to not vote, to try to avoid being politicized), so it's not just a problem for the tax institution or police, it becomes a problem of elections fundamentally no longer being free or fair. For this reason we have the secret ballot, and documented election processes to ensure they can overall be trusted despite individual votes being kept secret. "they can write any confirmation code they want on a ballot and take a photo proof" Apart from the fact some jurisdictions (such as UK) will discard your vote for writing codes on the ballot, there are a million ways to photoshop or fake a ballot selfie some other way, there's no standard way to be 100% certain how anybody voted.

gloosx 2y ago
Fun fact, you don't even need to write anything on the ballot if you are in the UK, since every one of these has a unique number already, and every voter has a number which is printed down on the counterfoil of the ballot paper automatically. Secrecy of the ballot is not guaranteed in the UK, as officials do have access to the counterfoil and can determine how individual electors have voted. Even some US states require the ability to link ballots to voters, and it doesn't make these elections fundamentally non-free or unfair. People are fundamentally non-free to this day, nor will be free any elections they participate in, as long pseudo ballot secrecy is required to protect them from violence and graft and as long as they have no comtetence, knowledge and confidence in expressing and discussing their political decisions publicly.

by a2128 2y ago

gloosx 2y ago

Fun fact, you don't even need to write anything on the ballot if you are in the UK, since every one of these has a unique number already, and every voter has a number which is printed down on the counterfoil of the ballot paper automatically. Secrecy of the ballot is not guaranteed in the UK, as officials do have access to the counterfoil and can determine how individual electors have voted. Even some US states require the ability to link ballots to voters, and it doesn't make these elections fundamentally non-free or unfair. People are fundamentally non-free to this day, nor will be free any elections they participate in, as long pseudo ballot secrecy is required to protect them from violence and graft and as long as they have no comtetence, knowledge and confidence in expressing and discussing their political decisions publicly.