[EM] untraceable receipts
David GLAUDE
dglaude at gmx.net
Thu Nov 13 03:49:01 PST 2003
Alex Small wrote:
> I believe that George Will once proposed eliminating the anonymous ballot.
I don't know if US do respect international treaty...
But they all say the vote should be anonymous for general election (they
don't talk about local election).
> The rationale was that if people are voting illegally, it should be
> possible to delete those illegal votes when the crime is discovered.
> Forgive me if I'm mistaken in my recollection.
The legality of a persone comming to vote must be verified on the day of
the election...
List of valid voter should be produce in advance with a chance for the
elector to verify them and check if he is present and his dead father is
not present anymore.
I am not familiar with US way of voting... but this is the way it work
in Belgium. Remember voting is mendatory in my country.
> It's always interesting how conservatives are convinced that massive
> numbers of illegal immigrants and felons are swarming American voting
> booths. I've worked at a polling place 3 times now, and I have yet to see
> all that many people of any type showing up. If there is in fact a steady
> stream of voters crossing the Rio Grande illegally, they sure aren't going
> to my polling place, nor are many other voters.
Remember that with remote e-voting they will be able to vote from the
internet without having to cross the Rio Grande. ;-)
David GLAUDE
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