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Re:Australia’s new mass surveillance mandate by pmontra on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @01:38AM (#28453452)
I never used a voting machine: do they allow the equivalent of a blank paper?
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Re:Australia’s new mass surveillance mandate by stephen_g on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @02:03AM (#28453598)
We don't have voting machines in Australia. You write on paper with a pencil (I believe you can bring a representative with you if you're vision impaired and things like that).
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Re:Australia’s new mass surveillance mandate by layoric on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @03:32AM (#28454210)
We definitely have voting machines [0] that started being trialed back in 2007, and more widely in recent years.

The process I experienced last time I voted in local elections was you validated where you lived and were given a one use barcode/qrcode (can't remember) which you scanned at the machine, made your selections and dropped the barcode paper in specific bins.

[0] https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Depart...

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