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The short answer is you can buy votes then. If you can prove to me who you voted for, I'll give you $5 or whatever.
by LandoCalrissian 14y ago
The short answer is you can buy votes then. If you can prove to me who you voted for, I'll give you $5 or whatever.
- Firehed 14y agoWhich is trivially easy with the availability of camera-phones (just include your ID in the shot). I know it's not foolproof as you could request a new ballot, but I'm guessing those buying votes aren't the smartest folk. Plus you'd be crazy to not accept the money upfront, as there's no way they're actually going to pay out after the fact and it's not like you can take someone to court for not upholding their end of an illegal bargain.
- sadawi 14y agoWhat you're buying isn't a vote, but a receipt. What if we could increase the supply of valid receipts enough to make them effectively worthless? For example, voting machines could drop duplicate receipts into a bucket that voters are free to rummage around in.
- shinratdr 14y agoOr just not have receipts and avoid the issue altogether.
- sadawi 14y agoSure, but there's a benefit to receipts: you can verify that your vote was counted correctly.
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- shinratdr 14y agoWell, you can verify that the receipt says your vote was counted correctly. That assumes you both trust the receipt system and believe that whatever tampering was done to cause your Obama vote to become a Romney vote couldn't have possibly also resulted in the receipt providing incorrect information as well.
- sadawi 14y agoIdeally, I think the complete list of votes (with receipt confirmation numbers, but no names, obviously) would be available for inspection.
- lmm 14y agoHow would you tell the difference between a valid and invalid receipt when the voter came to verify it?