[Victoria_R]

Until we have some way to trace EVERY vote back to a social security number or some other believable national ID and a phone number, our democracy is basically munged.

I don't want someone to know who I voted for. You can verify that I'm a citizen and eligible to vote at the door, but I don't want to be traced to a particular ballot.

I already have had enough problems with governments misusing my confidential information.

[Vinnie]

I don't want someone to know who I voted for.

The only experience I've had with the election process is voting, but..

How do they come up with statistics such as, "21% of Federal workers voted for McCain', or 'teachers voted 31-69 for the amendment'.

How could they come up with those figures if they didn't know you, where you worked and how you voted?

Where I vote the poll worker finds me on a list, writes a unique number on the ballot and hands it to me.
I'll bet that that ballot can be traced right back to me.