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Re:Voting Machine Used in Half of U.S. Is Vulnerable to Atta... by learc83 on Friday September 28, 2018 @12:41PM (#18094766)
>but allows individual voters to verify that their votes are counted correctly.

If everyone can prove how they voted it becomes much easier to intimidate or incentivize people to vote a certain way.

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Re:Voting Machine Used in Half of U.S. Is Vulnerable to Atta... by yoha on Friday September 28, 2018 @01:30PM (#18095202)
That is indeed the main issue with verifiable voting. The usual solutions offer various compromises, but it is not possible to both guarantee the ability to verify that one's ballot is counted correctly, and that you cannot prove for whom you voted.
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