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I heartily support this idea; however, the problem I see is that the secret ballot is not enforced, either in the process, or through the threat of legal enforc
by lukifer 14y ago
I heartily support this idea; however, the problem I see is that the secret ballot is not enforced, either in the process, or through the threat of legal enforcement.
If I can reliably observe someone voting, even with their consent, votes can be influenced through purchase or coercion. And unless new laws get passed to cover online pseudo-voting, such things wouldn't even be illegal, and I could roll around poor-income neighborhoods with a bullhorn advertising $10 per vote.
It's a solvable problem, and maybe I'm overstating the risk, but I think it's a problem worth paying attention to while pursuing these (worthwhile) experiments.
- smokeyj 14y ago> I could roll around poor-income neighborhoods with a bullhorn advertising $10 per vote. I'm pretty sure lobbying is socially acceptable.
- michaelt 14y agoPlenty of places let you vote by post, which has this problem. And with people taking their camera phones into voting booths, arguably manual voting does too.