Reply #3: There's a very difficult balancing between voter intimidation and ballot

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secrecy.

I personally don't want elections officials to know my votes, although of the choices actually available to me these days, none are really controversial enough to merit secrecy. But the next election they might be....

In any case, having a trackable system where election officials could know my votes if they chose to (like a bank employee can know my balance) isn't the most attractive either, because when it comes time to vote out an abusive leader or government, I would have to be afraid, very afraid, of my vote being known. THis is in itself a form of intimidation.