>Here in Argentina, in some places there were a few types of fraud, for example chain voting
Thanks for pointing out another vulnerability of in-person voting that mail-in voting doesn't have, due to its distributed nature.
Chain voting is something that's only practical to organize when everyone in the group is voting at the same place and at the same time, so the chain doesn't need to be coordinated in advance.
As long as people know what kind of guy to look for outside, they know there's quick money to be made.
Good luck coordinating a vote buying scheme with enough people to skew the vote by mail without anyone finding out.
>With remote voting, nobody can check that people is alone when voting.
Neither can any other system of voting, including in-person voting.
And if the person is truly on their own in the room, and they truly only have one ballot... they can snap a picture of their ballot to show how they voted.
The problem isn't "being alone" when voting, the problem is buying votes - and it's solved by going after the money in any case.
With chain voting, the schemers also have no way to verify that their pre-filled ballot was actually used (and didn't go into the trash bin). It works because the voters themselves are corrupt and lying to the state, but honest to the people who pay them - in which case the voting system is neither the problem nor the solution.
> Thanks for pointing out another vulnerability of in-person voting that mail-in voting doesn't have, due to its distributed nature.
If they implement something like that here, I expect in some places that people is ask to go to the local party office and left the ballot/envelop with the code. It is easier. Voting chain is a trick to avoid the in-person checks.
Thanks for pointing out another vulnerability of in-person voting that mail-in voting doesn't have, due to its distributed nature.
Chain voting is something that's only practical to organize when everyone in the group is voting at the same place and at the same time, so the chain doesn't need to be coordinated in advance.
As long as people know what kind of guy to look for outside, they know there's quick money to be made.
Good luck coordinating a vote buying scheme with enough people to skew the vote by mail without anyone finding out.
>With remote voting, nobody can check that people is alone when voting.
Neither can any other system of voting, including in-person voting.
And if the person is truly on their own in the room, and they truly only have one ballot... they can snap a picture of their ballot to show how they voted.
The problem isn't "being alone" when voting, the problem is buying votes - and it's solved by going after the money in any case.
With chain voting, the schemers also have no way to verify that their pre-filled ballot was actually used (and didn't go into the trash bin). It works because the voters themselves are corrupt and lying to the state, but honest to the people who pay them - in which case the voting system is neither the problem nor the solution.