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Re:The near impossible literacy test Louisiana used to suppr... by Vinnl on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @05:48AM (#41912722)
In the Netherlands at least, you just get a voting card sent to you by mail, and you have to hand that in to vote. Since you just have a single card, you can only vote once.
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Re:The near impossible literacy test Louisiana used to suppr... by Cthulhu_ on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @10:37AM (#41914754)
Unless you get someone else's card and forge their signature on the back side, which is a permission form indicating that you can vote on their behalf; I don't believe there's enough checks and balances in place for this voting-on-behalf-of system, but then again I don't know what checks and balances there are.
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Re:The near impossible literacy test Louisiana used to suppr... by Vinnl on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @11:32AM (#41915304)
True, the guard rails there are that you can only do that for at most 2 people, limiting the impact of potential fraud there.
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Re:The near impossible literacy test Louisiana used to suppr... by dh2022 on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @01:31PM (#41916583)
How does the electoral commission knows where to send the voting card? Does the voter need to register with some electoral commission (governmental agency)?
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Re:The near impossible literacy test Louisiana used to suppr... by Vinnl on Wednesday October 23, 2024 @05:48AM (#41923442)
The government already knows where people live. Every time you move, you have to notify your municipality.
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