On Tue, Nov 14, 2023 at 10:56 AM Tomas Härdin <g...@haerdin.se> wrote:

> Ballot secrecy cannot actually be guaranteed. While I'm not versed in
> the specifics of CIVS, I doubt it has solved problems like evil
> sysadmin. Ballots should be public IMO, secret voting is cowardice.
> That way duplicate ballots are easily filtered out ex-post and
> scrutable to all.
>

Absolutely not, you're mixing cowardice for safety and privacy, especially
in a community that is prone to toxic language and harassment.

Further reading
https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/should-secret-voting-be-mandatory-yes-say-political-scientists-459082/
https://www.quora.com/Should-voting-be-public-so-that-everyone-one-knows-what-everyone-else-voted-for-instead-of-secret
https://daily.jstor.org/why-do-we-vote-by-secret-ballot/
https://campaignlegal.org/update/voters-have-right-secret-ballot
https://www.quora.com/Why-is-it-important-for-votes-to-be-secret

What really matters is records for every vote, and automatic random audits,
so that results can be reproduced.
-- 
Vittorio
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