CISA: The November 3rd election was the most secure in American history

Re:CISA: The November 3rd election was the most secure in Am... by Larrikin on Friday November 13, 2020 @12:27AM (#25079204)

Isn't the actual problem the abusive relationship and that pressure to vote a certain way a symptom? The solution isn't to ban mail in ballots for those that want to vote that way, but to offer assistance to empower people to get out of that situation. It's already illegal to take a picture of your ballot to address these kinds of abuses.

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Re:CISA: The November 3rd election was the most secure in Am... by JumpCrisscross on Friday November 13, 2020 @12:42AM (#25079283)

> Isn't the actual problem the abusive relationship and that pressure to vote a certain way a symptom? The solution isn't to ban no mail in ballots for those that want to vote that way, but to offer assistance to empower people to get out of that situation.

If a voting system requires zero abusive power dynamics to work, it’s a bad system.

Also, banning mail-in ballots isn’t the only solution. Early voting is an alternative to mailed ballots. Letting someone re-vote a mailed-in ballot at a poll site is a fix to the cited problem, though it introduces complexity.

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Re:CISA: The November 3rd election was the most secure in Am... by Larrikin on Friday November 13, 2020 @12:43AM (#25079291)

All of the above seems like the best solution

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Re:CISA: The November 3rd election was the most secure in Am... by JumpCrisscross on Friday November 13, 2020 @12:44AM (#25079301)

I agree. Was just responding to OP saying “mail-in ballots are secret ballots.” They are not. To return to our status quo of secret ballots, a mail-in ballot system needs additional thought.

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