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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-05 03:34 PM Original message |
Scrap the "secret" ballot... (Is this a good idea?) |
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Land Shark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-05 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. A CRITICALLY IMPORTANT POINT to understand: |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-05 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. A Secret Ballot Should not Mean an Anonymous Ballot |
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Land Shark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-05 03:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. There's a very difficult balancing between voter intimidation and ballot |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-05 04:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. One Way is to Make it a Two-Part Identification |
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Land Shark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-05 05:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I agree intimidation is not that common because opportunity disappeared |
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eomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-05 06:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. There's been some work along those lines. |
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Land Shark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-05 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. Note how "reforms" of elections are the seeds of the next big problem |
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sirjohn (186 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-05 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. The right would never agree |
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beingthere (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-05 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
6. No. |
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Bill Bored (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-05 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
10. A system can probably be devised in which ballot secrecy is only |
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ISUGRADIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 12:20 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. A minor correction: Iowa has a caucus and not a primary |
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Bill Bored (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 01:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Thanks. They sure must have a high "undervote" rate in those caucuses! nt |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-05 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
11. many ballots aren't secret now, at least in NC |
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ISUGRADIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 12:15 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. How are they not secret? |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 12:22 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I think some states are requiring a copy of your ID for absentee voting. |
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ISUGRADIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 12:28 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. is that written on the ballot itself? the ballot itself, how one voted |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 12:33 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Don't know but don't think so. |
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ISUGRADIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 12:44 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. That may be used for some HAVA requirement (I am not sure) |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 12:50 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I'm trying to find a link and not having luck. |
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ISUGRADIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 12:52 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Thinking about it, that does sound more like a state ID issue and not HAVA |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 01:02 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I may have misinterpreted. |
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ISUGRADIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 01:06 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Not a problem, 50 states, 50 sets of laws and some could have |
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Bill Bored (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 01:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. Thanks for bringing this up. |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-05 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
12. Lynn Landes has been studying elections a long time |
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