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I think you hit it on the head. You are a perfectly down the middle, average, American. You have time to read and post on HackerNews. You are almost certainly n

I think you hit it on the head. You are a perfectly down the middle, average, American. You have time to read and post on HackerNews. You are almost certainly not in the population to which the secret ballet is most beneficial. The moment a non-secret ballet becomes a large-scale option, then the most vulnerable will be targetted. One there is a way to confirm that someone infact did vote the way you wanted, then you're good to go buying the votes of those desperate enough. You might be 'broke as shit', but you're also average, which means you're not -really- broke as shit.

RollAHardSix 14y ago
I understand yours and Lukifer's point of view except 'buying votes' is already being done. We have billion of dollars at play into the elections. We have history on top of history to know which districts vote which way and we target the swing states to help decide the outcome of the election. Sure the money is going into mass mailing marketing campaigns, TV ads, community support, but it's the same result. Everyone talks about buying votes but does anyone have any concrete examples? (Not saying it doesn't happen, simply that I don't have any good examples to learn from atm.) All I'm getting back from Google are accusations against Obama (no surprise given the recent election) and a mention from Wikipedia about Vote Buying in 'ye old England'. I'd do a more detailed search except it's late and I'm off to bed. This discussion is getting interesting.
jellicle 14y ago
> The moment a non-secret ballet becomes a large-scale option, then the most vulnerable will be targetted. Since voting by mail is available in all 50 states to anyone, this threat you describe should have materialized, no? But it hasn't. At all. There are zero cases of it.