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Re:New Hampshire set to pilot voting machines that use softw... by alexvoda on Friday November 04, 2022 @01:00PM (#33470033)
If you would have a ID you can later imput and check what you voted, you can be pressured by your boss/spouse/parent/etc. to reveal your vote and then be punished if you voted wrong. If voting is truly anonymous, you can just lie about your choices.
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Re:New Hampshire set to pilot voting machines that use softw... by rootusrootus on Friday November 04, 2022 @01:50PM (#33470941)
True, I recognize this is the trade-off. You cannot have perfect secrecy and perfect accountability both. Lately it seems like we're suffering a crisis in confidence, so maybe we could relax the perfect secrecy a bit to regain that trust.
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