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Re:UK Government Officials Infected with Pegasus by gorgoiler on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @03:42AM (#31080549)
If you can verify your vote, how do you stop threats or bribery being used to buy votes?

Show me your receipt saying you voted for Big Ron and I’ll give you a fiver and/or won’t hit you in the knees with a spanner.

Re:UK Government Officials Infected with Pegasus by skobovm on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @04:04AM (#31080670)
Big Ron can ask you to take a picture of the paper ballot as well, so regardless of mechanism you’re in a pretty sticky situation.

It’s not a perfect system, but I would personally find it comforting knowing that I could verify that my vote counted and that I could independently confirm the election results

Edit: haven’t read the paper in a while, but IIRC you can see that the vote counted without revealing details of who you voted for. They definitely would have covered this case

Re:UK Government Officials Infected with Pegasus by dragonwriter on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @04:11AM (#31080710)
> Big Ron can ask you to take a picture of the paper ballot as well,

You can take a picture of a marked paper ballot, trade it in for a fresh one (original is destroyed) and mark the new one differently and turn it in.

A ballot picture doesn't prove the ballot was cast and counted, a receipt that identifies the voted candidate does.

Re:UK Government Officials Infected with Pegasus by gorgoiler on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @04:13AM (#31080721)
Camera bans are strictly enforced in polling stations.
Re:UK Government Officials Infected with Pegasus by skobovm on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @04:20AM (#31080764)
You go into a private booth with a curtain where no one can see what you’re doing. If coercion is at play, I don’t think a ban is going to stop you.

That said, check the edit. This case is definitely covered, I just forgot