From: eastsidetraks@soothpark.net   
      
   On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:08:03 -0800, Don Del Grande   
    wrote:   
      
   >dank wrote:   
   >   
   >>I was amazed that the machine that ate my ballot didn't print out a   
   >>receipt.  It would be so nice to be able to log onto the election   
   >>website and see the results for your personal ballot along with a   
   >>scanned image so that everyone could check to see that their votes   
   >>were accurately counted.  This could be done anonymously by adding   
   >>random serial numbers to ballots and letting people randomly choose   
   >>which ballots to pick from the table.   
   >   
   >"Precinct X has a 100% vote for George W Bush!"   
   >"Not true - I voted for John Kerry!"   
   >"Prove it."   
   >"Here's the scan of my ballot."   
   >"Kerry-voter, eh?  You're under arrest for treason and conspiracy to   
   >aid in terrorism, in accordance with the Hindering International   
   >Terrorism by Listing Election Results act."   
   >   
   >That's another reason why the ability to make someone's vote - even   
   >your own - public is a bad idea.   
   >Then again, there does need to be some way to assign a particular   
   >"ballot" to a person, if for no other reason than there needs to be a   
   >way to "remove" a ballot cast by someone who, for example, cast a   
   >"provisional ballot" that eventually should be rejected.   
   >   
   >-- Don   
      
      
   	Secrecy promotes fraud.   
      
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