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Federal Judge Says No Right To Secret Ballot, OKs Barcoded Ballots

Posted by timothy on from the it's-the-little-things dept.

doug141 writes "A Colorado county put bar codes on printed ballots in a last minute effort to comply with a rule about eliminating identifying markings. Citizens sued, because the bar codes can still be traced back to individual voters. In a surprise ruling, Denver U.S. District Judge Christine Arguello said the U.S. Constitution did not contain a 'fundamental right' to secret ballots, and that the citizens could not show their voting rights had been violated, nor that they might suffer any specific injury from the bar codes."

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  1. Re:Federal Judges Need to Go Back to School by u38cg · · Score: 5, Funny

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  3. Re:This is going to the supreme court by Alien+Being · · Score: 3, Funny

    ^^^This^^^