[ExI] trump's hormones

[Adrian Tymes]

On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 7:22 PM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

> So we have a pile of randomly numbered blank ballots
>
You assume all districts would do random numbering, rather than attaching
some meaning or structure between the voter and their number (perhaps under
the rubric of eliminating false voters, but actually to allow voter
identification in the public rolls).

This also doesn't address the problem of write-ins.  Granted, a typed
write-in wouldn't be susceptible to handwriting analysis, but just give
each bought/intimidated/etc. voter a unique candidate to write in for some
inconsequential office.  If no one voted for that (likely fictional)
candidate, the corresponding voter did not follow instructions.

To combat this, a government could say it will only publish votes for
candidates that got, say, at least 10 votes.  But then vote buyers could
just allocate blocks of 20; if only 19 such votes show up, round up all 20
and muscle out a confession: even if the wrong guy confesses, they'll all
know you mean business and (hopefully) stick to the plan next time.

Also, the government - after a few elections - would know which districts
tend not to check their ballots, and so could falsify counts in those
districts.  Even if you get everyone in your neighborhood to check their
ballots, that doesn't help if the fraud is concentrated in Lazytown where
you don't know anybody, where the ballots say they're 90% against your
candidate even if polls said they were 60% in favor.
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