Re:Why online voting is harder than online banking
by Spivak on Saturday September 12, 2020 @05:49PM
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Right but you forgot the escape hatch, that you can vote in-person on Election Day to override your mail-in ballot. This gives you the ability to vote for B while appearing to vote for A.
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Re:Why online voting is harder than online banking
by PureParadigm on Saturday September 12, 2020 @05:58PM
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Correct me if I'm misunderstanding, but at least in California this doesn't seem to be the case: https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-resources/voting-cal...
It says you should bring in your mail-in ballot to the polling place, and if you don't then you can cast a provisional ballot "which will be counted after your county elections official has confirmed you are registered to vote in that county and did not vote more than once in that election." Based on that wording it sounds like if you already submitted a vote-by-mail ballot, then you would have already voted and your provisional ballot won't be counted.
Re:Why online voting is harder than online banking
by thaumasiotes on Saturday September 12, 2020 @06:08PM
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> This gives you the ability to vote for B while appearing to vote for A.
Sure, as long as you're fine with whatever retribution the guy you sold your vote to chooses to take.