There's 3 *must haves* in verifying authenticity of something. You need an ID (your name -- this is not an ID card), you need authentication (something you know, something you are, something you have, etc) and authorization (here's what you can do).
Voting is anonymous, in theory anyway, they proved recently with electronic voting you can prove who voted what when fairly easily -- records request anyone? That aside, remove a part out, any of it, it is anonymous (!), because you cannot prove (no authentication) that this is exacty what this person was allowed to do and/or did. In voting, ID and authentication (we know what you're allowed to do, vote) are not used, so it is no longer something that can be traced, which is great. Don't confuse this with the authentication for you to be allowed to vote. They DO verify you are allowed, but the act of voting is not. Separate processes. Technically, someone could come in, be authorized to vote, but never go to the booth and just leave. That's your loss though since the 2nd part of the process is anonymous.
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People have lost the idea that based on anonymity, it is impossible to verify that your "vote was counted" for whatever you voted for. You CAN verify you voted at post 157385826 and you CAN verify "yes that is your signature"...beyond that, forget it. You can prove you were there, but not what/how/IF you voted.
So, with that in mind, it makes no difference how you vote. "Oh, you can fix a paper ballot" Sure, but you can on the electronic ones too (I'm in ohio, I've used one a couple times now) but a paper ballot -- you can interpret and it gives the political retards a legal leg to stand on because there could be "hanging chads" or other BS that makes the rest of us overly annoyed.
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Let's play a game. "What is authenticity".
...beyond that, forget it. You can prove you were there, but not what/how/IF you voted.
There's 3 *must haves* in verifying authenticity of something. You need an ID (your name -- this is not an ID card), you need authentication (something you know, something you are, something you have, etc) and authorization (here's what you can do).
Voting is anonymous, in theory anyway, they proved recently with electronic voting you can prove who voted what when fairly easily -- records request anyone? That aside, remove a part out, any of it, it is anonymous (!), because you cannot prove (no authentication) that this is exacty what this person was allowed to do and/or did. In voting, ID and authentication (we know what you're allowed to do, vote) are not used, so it is no longer something that can be traced, which is great. Don't confuse this with the authentication for you to be allowed to vote. They DO verify you are allowed, but the act of voting is not. Separate processes. Technically, someone could come in, be authorized to vote, but never go to the booth and just leave. That's your loss though since the 2nd part of the process is anonymous.
-But-
People have lost the idea that based on anonymity, it is impossible to verify that your "vote was counted" for whatever you voted for. You CAN verify you voted at post 157385826 and you CAN verify "yes that is your signature"
So, with that in mind, it makes no difference how you vote. "Oh, you can fix a paper ballot" Sure, but you can on the electronic ones too (I'm in ohio, I've used one a couple times now) but a paper ballot -- you can interpret and it gives the political retards a legal leg to stand on because there could be "hanging chads" or other BS that makes the rest of us overly annoyed.