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Re:The near impossible literacy test Louisiana used to suppr... by cperciva on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @01:38PM (#41916672)
If the network is connected, the first time you vote succeeds and marks you as having voted; subsequent attempts fail because they know you've already voted.

If the network is not connected, your three remote ballots go into envelopes marked "dh2022" and in the week following the election they are physically transported to your home polling location, at which point they see that you tried to vote three times, set those ballots aside, and call the police.

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Re:The near impossible literacy test Louisiana used to suppr... by alexey-salmin on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @01:51PM (#41916820)
This breaks the anonymity of the vote, marks can be traced back to real people.

It also allows fraud by voting for people who didn't show up.

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