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[–] oowensby 0 points 11 points (+11|-0) ago 

Paper ballots, marked with a pencil, collected and counted in the presence of witnesses representing the candidates. How is this so hard to implement?

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[–] hypercat ago 

Our machines print out 2 receipts with your recorded vote. One comes out of the machine with a scan code and the other is behind a thick plastic screen where you can review it and when you press done it rolls up into the machine, they have to keep the receipts for something like 7 years. Lots of storage but you could actually count all the votes again if needed.

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[–] FriedrichNietzsche ago 

It's bad to have people being watched when voting. It may pressure people into voting differently

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[–] oowensby 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Secrecy is necessary for the actual marking and sealing of the ballot.

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[–] gosso920 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

"I'm 'Landslide Lyndon' Johnson, and I approve this messaage."

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[–] oowensby 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I see what you did there.

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[–] seerick 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

Why Pencil and not Pen? Just curious since Pen cannot be erased. Also, I agree - can't trust those machines, to much opportunity for fraud.

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[–] oowensby 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Pencils can be erased; but the erasures are obvious. Do you think that all voters are going to complete their ballots without making mistakes? If a pen was used, a whole ballot might have to be redone to avoid ambiguous marks that could be challenged by poll watchers.

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[–] TalkingAnimal 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

All my adult life I've used a felt-tipped pen to vote. It works fine if I mess up my ballot, they give me a new one.

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[–] voat_gold 0 points 17 points (+17|-0) ago 

Notice that it is election fraud and not voter fraud. Voter ID restrictions would do nothing to stop this.

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[–] cgsur 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

Voter ID restrictions lower the need for moar fraud./s

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[–] cynoclast [S] 3 points 5 points (+8|-3) ago 

Voter ID restrictions actually reduce the need for election fraud when usurping democracy, which is why Republicans do it.

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[–] MayTheDerpBeWithYou 1 point 1 point (+2|-1) ago 

Alas, but only one upvoat to give.