From: eastsidetraks@soothpark.net
On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 09:28:12 -0800, Don Del Grande
wrote:
>Kenny wrote:
>
>> Don Del Grande wrote:
>>
>>>Kenny wrote:
>>>
>>>> You think it's too late to ask?
>>>>
>>>> I don't. :)
>>>
>>>Why bother? All it will say is that you voted.
>>>
>>>You can't ask for a receipt saying how you voted, for one very simple
>>>reason: what would stop somebody from forcing you to vote a certain
>>>way (and using that receipt you got as proof)?
>>
>> Are people really such cowards? Or are you merely projecting?
>
>Some are, if you are referring to the voters as the cowards.
>Examples include:
>* Abused wives;
>* Children who want, say, a new car (or don't want their parents to
>turn their college fund into their "vacation to Europe while our child
>goes to junior college" fund);
>* Employees whose bosses might decide, "You don't need a bonus that
>badly," "You know, somebody else might be more qualified for that
>promotion," or even, "Your job performance has been approaching
>unacceptable levels, but I do reward loyalty."
>
>The latter two also fall into vote buying - it's much easier to buy
>votes if the voter can prove that they did it.
>
>If you want votes to be open, turn every election into a nationwide
>caucus - everybody will see how everybody else voted. Of course, if
>the "loser" claims victory and the voters try to rise up, they'll know
>who to arrest first.
>
That sounds like fear-mongering.
>There's a reason this country goes through the hassle of a secret
>ballot.
>
>-- Don
Yes, I know.
Because fear and secrecy are corruption's best friends.
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