On Sat, May 27, 2006 at 01:54:03PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: >>> Oregon abolished the voting booth in 2000 >> Oh, so they get better counts and less fraud by doing away with ballot >> secrecy. How wonderful. > No, that's not how it works, your ballot is still secret. Think about it for > a minute. You sign the mailing envelope, your ballot goes in a secrecy > envelope. Elections compares signatures, opens the mailing envelope and > saves it for the voter rolls, sends the secrecy envelope down the line off to > the counting machines to be opened separately in some other room.
That is secrecy only to the government; not in general. For instance, someone can easily pressure you into voting for party or candidate X, _since they can verify it_ (just watch as you put the ballot in the envelope, and make sure you post it). With a voting booth, nobody can effectively pressure you, as your vote is secret from everybody. Anyhow, this is rapidly very very offtopic. /* Steinar */ -- Homepage: http://www.sesse.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
