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<blockquote data-quote="Aries" data-source="post: 3473078" data-attributes="member: 44328">&quot;guess&quot; is the operative word, I&#039;m a registered Republican so maybe you can guess how I voted, maybe not, but you won&#039;t know unless I decide to tell you.&nbsp; There is a specific ID associated with each vote, I signed a registry to get my ballot and as far as I know, that is public information.&nbsp; But there are no identifying marks on the ballot, and in fact if I show my ballot to anyone and say &quot;how do I put this in the machine?&quot; they are supposed to void the ballot and I have to fill it out again.&nbsp; You can probably guess I filled it out the same way, but you can&#039;t know.&nbsp; There are VERY GOOD reasons to preserve that principle.Again, there is probably a lot of room for improvement especially for mail-in ballots, but there are safe guards for them as well... probably just not as effective.&nbsp; I&#039;m in favor of authenticating and verifying the voting process, but recording who I voted for?&nbsp; ABSOLUTELY NOT!!&nbsp; That will under some circumstances absolutely discourage people from voting.In some countries, they track down dissidents and kill them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aries, post: 3473078, member: 44328"] "guess" is the operative word, I'm a registered Republican so maybe you can guess how I voted, maybe not, but you won't know unless I decide to tell you. There is a specific ID associated with each vote, I signed a registry to get my ballot and as far as I know, that is public information. But there are no identifying marks on the ballot, and in fact if I show my ballot to anyone and say "how do I put this in the machine?" they are supposed to void the ballot and I have to fill it out again. You can probably guess I filled it out the same way, but you can't know. There are VERY GOOD reasons to preserve that principle. Again, there is probably a lot of room for improvement especially for mail-in ballots, but there are safe guards for them as well... probably just not as effective. I'm in favor of authenticating and verifying the voting process, but recording who I voted for? ABSOLUTELY NOT!! That will under some circumstances absolutely discourage people from voting. In some countries, they track down dissidents and kill them. [/QUOTE]

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