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Re:Swiss e-voting pilot can't count 2,048 ballots after decr... by alistairSH on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @03:16PM (#47339921)
Limit voters to one polling location. Problem solved.

That's what we do in the US. You are assigned a polling location based on your home address. You can't vote anywhere else. If you try, they turn you away.

You can do a provisional ballot (for people who recently moved, and poll data isn't updated, etc) and they validate your ID/address/etc later.

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Re:Swiss e-voting pilot can't count 2,048 ballots after decr... by yellowapple on Thursday March 12, 2026 @12:07AM (#47346333)
> That's what we do in the US. You are assigned a polling location based on your home address. You can't vote anywhere else. If you try, they turn you away.

That ain't universally true. Here in Nevada you can vote at any polling station (I think within the same county).

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Re:Swiss e-voting pilot can't count 2,048 ballots after decr... by SideburnsOfDoom on Thursday March 12, 2026 @09:33AM (#47350317)
> You are assigned a polling location based on your home address. You can't vote anywhere else. If you try, they turn you away

And this is a way to disrupt and tilt elections.

see: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/chao...

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