Re:“A Horrifically Bad Idea”: Smartphone Voting Is Coming
by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @11:26AM
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> Once the polling center closes for every mailed-in ballot they check if they have an in-person vote
Agree on keeping votes sealed until live polling closes. But there is no need to check every mailed-in ballot against in-person votes.
Instead, when a mailed-in ballot arrives one marks the voter rolls. When a voter checks into a polling place, the rolls are anyway consulted. At that time, if a live voter shows as having already voted: that ballot is found and destroyed, and the voter given a fresh ballot to cast.
Agree on keeping votes sealed until live polling closes. But there is no need to check every mailed-in ballot against in-person votes.
Instead, when a mailed-in ballot arrives one marks the voter rolls. When a voter checks into a polling place, the rolls are anyway consulted. At that time, if a live voter shows as having already voted: that ballot is found and destroyed, and the voter given a fresh ballot to cast.