[EM] PR favoring racial minorities

[Juho]

Yes, security might force us to use simpler solutions like ballots to  
be similar, votes to be shorter (e.g. only two or three rankings  
allowed), and even to reduce the number of candidates. The latter two  
simplifications are already vote buying / coercion oriented.

Security might also force us to more complex solutions like having  
districts to limit the number of available candidates. Otherwise the  
voter might be asked to vote for some candidate from the other side  
of the country that nobody is expected to vote.

One more approach to semi-computerized voting. A computer displays  
the personal alternatives and then prints a ballot. This solution  
hides the personalized nature of the ballot and still avoids the  
problem of voter voting for candidates that he/she should not vote.

Juho


On Aug 27, 2008, at 1:37 , Raph Frank wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 9:41 PM, Juho <juho4880 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> One could use also the coordinates of the homes of the voters and  
>> get rid of
>> some of the polling station location related speculation. (One  
>> would be
>> pretty much forced to use the computerized (personal) candidate  
>> lists that I
>> mentioned in my other mail.)
>
> It could actually be accomplished in reverse.
>
> You give your name and then they print a ballot on the spot for you
> listing all the required names.  Ofc, it might be easier just to have
> stacks pre-printed and just give the voter the ballot that is
> appropriate for them.
>
> However, care would need to be taken to prevent the secret ballot
> being compromised.  At least 100+ voters would need to be assigned the
> same ballot configuration.
>
> Another nice feature is that it would allow voters to vote at any
> polling station.  If you happened to be out of the constituency for
> election day, you could show your ID and then vote somewhere else.
> This assumes that the PR-STV is being handled as a single
> constituency.
>
> There is also a potential security issue if the ballots are printed
> slight differently for each voter.  Slightly different positions of
> the characters for example could incorporate a code that IDs the
> voter.
>
> This is one of the reasons that having all the ballots printed
> beforehand and being required to be identical is important.


		
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