Re:Google Trends Electionland
by AndrewOMartin on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @11:29AM
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And what if an intimidating person in your household has strong opinions about how you should mark that ballot?
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If you can't find a single personal space to fill out a ballot then you have bigger problems.
There is always going to be some potential for that. "Take a picture of how you voted or I'll beat you" would work fine even with polling places, although it'd be a little trickier.
The system saves a ton of money and time, and we have record numbers of voters in Oregon this year.
Taking photos of your ballot is actually illegal in my state. (MS) Presumably for this very reason.
Sure, but if the ballot booth provides real privacy... it's not hard to do. It's also a common method of proving you voted a certain way in order to sell your vote.
Or hey, you can just peer over their shoulder:
This morning when I voted I was surprised that it was hardly a "booth". It had sides to the screen to attempt to block it from view, but it you turn your head you could see the screen next to you - and their screen.