Re: Hand count or open source

[Nicholas Bernstein <nicholas.bernstein@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As we have discussed before, it will always be possible to sell your vote.
An encrypted paper receipt does nothing to encourage or discourage that 
practice.

As for your choice: I'm flabbergasted.
What does it matter if you sell your vote if the votes aren't even 
counted correctly?
All the vote selling in the world won't change an election if the 
outcome is predetermined by a biased count.


Ralph Shnelvar wrote:

> Dear Paul:
>
> On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 22:52:49 -0700, you wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>  
>
> > Checking an individual vote seems to me to require that each ballot
> > have a serial number or ID number that the voter can write down and
> > use to check the his vote record in a database of counted votes. I can
> > contemplate this idea, but I have a hard time believing that it will ever
> > receive the blessing of this group, or of any other in my lifetime.
> >    
>
> It will not, at least, receive my blessing.
>
> Of the two evils
>
> (1) Not knowing if my vote was counted properly.
>
> (2) Knowing that I can sell my vote
>
> I much prefer the first evil.
>
> Ralph Shnelvar
>  


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