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Re:Internet voting: Exactly what the 99% needs by daenz on Thursday November 10, 2011 @03:59PM (#3221848)
> it's impossible to tell if my boss was standing behind me telling me what to vote (or lose my job).

Then you just say you already voted and lie who you voted for. What will they do, confiscate your phone? (assuming phone voting). There are so many "outs" to the coercion scenario that it seems implausible that it would ever occur on any significant scale. What scenario can you think of where coercion would be a real issue?

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Re:Internet voting: Exactly what the 99% needs by fr0sty on Thursday November 10, 2011 @04:43PM (#3222020)
> What scenario can you think of where coercion would be a real issue?

Forget about intimidation and consider bribery. Instead of a domineering boss threatening termination imagine a man with a laptop and a roll of $20 bills.

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