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The Secret Ballot at Risk
https://secretballotatrisk.org/ ^
| Caitriona Fitzgerald, et al
Posted on 08/22/2020 5:21:42 AM PDT by BlackAdderess
The right to cast a secret ballot in a public election is a core value in the United States system of self-governance. Secrecy and privacy in elections guard against coercion and are essential to integrity in the electoral process. Secrecy of the ballot is guaranteed in state constitutions and statutes nationwide. However, as states permit the marking and transmitting of marked ballots over the Internet, the right to a secret ballot is eroded and the integrity of our elections is put at risk.
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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: coercion; legal
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This is about internet voting, but it occurs to me that since you have to sign and date the envelope your ballot is mailed in, all it would take is a few unscrupulous Postal or election employees to violate the right to cast a secret ballot. Given the coercion already in the news from cancel culture and the hate poured down on Trump supporters, this seems like an attempt to suppress the GOP vote.
To: BlackAdderess
I’ve been wondering aloud about this for some time now.
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posted on
08/22/2020 5:27:20 AM PDT
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: BlackAdderess
Due to what Ive witness when casting my ballot in my state my state does not have a secret ballot
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posted on
08/22/2020 5:34:20 AM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
( Liberals, leftists, Rinos, moslems, illegals, lamestream media. All want America to fail and die)
To: BlackAdderess
My comment referenced in person voting
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posted on
08/22/2020 5:35:37 AM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
( Liberals, leftists, Rinos, moslems, illegals, lamestream media. All want America to fail and die)
To: no-to-illegals
Then you could challenge that based on the law relevant to your area.
To: BlackAdderess
Have tried numerous times to no avail ....
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posted on
08/22/2020 5:39:43 AM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
( Liberals, leftists, Rinos, moslems, illegals, lamestream media. All want America to fail and die)
To: no-to-illegals
To: no-to-illegals
Because the issue is not that if someone has figured out how to violate the secret ballot for in person voting so lets just say oh well, and then double down on that by REALLY violating the secret ballot that we have laws to protect.
To: BlackAdderess
Local elections supervisor and state election commission. The method used in my state is a bar code on the ballot. The ballot is recorded on voting roll Presto ... instant identification of person that cast that ballot
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posted on
08/22/2020 5:45:29 AM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
( Liberals, leftists, Rinos, moslems, illegals, lamestream media. All want America to fail and die)
To: no-to-illegals
Is there anything that links your name to the bar code?
To: BlackAdderess
Btw have also asked for a receipt showing what was recorded by machine of my cast ballot and was told I would never receive that information
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posted on
08/22/2020 5:50:31 AM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
( Liberals, leftists, Rinos, moslems, illegals, lamestream media. All want America to fail and die)
To: BlackAdderess
Yep is done before ballot is handed over scanned the whole nine yards
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posted on
08/22/2020 5:51:50 AM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
( Liberals, leftists, Rinos, moslems, illegals, lamestream media. All want America to fail and die)
To: no-to-illegals
Or do the workers put a check next to your name and then hand you a card?
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posted on
08/22/2020 5:52:28 AM PDT
by
BlackAdderess
(Authoritarians are all about cancelling people who disagree with them.)
To: no-to-illegals
Then go up the food chain.
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posted on
08/22/2020 5:53:58 AM PDT
by
BlackAdderess
(Authoritarians are all about cancelling people who disagree with them.)
To: BlackAdderess
Voting electronically does not happen at my local besides when it was done electronically I could never receive a receipt of my votes, now we have paper at my local. Same problem .... no receipt and electronically makes NO secret too easy. At least with paper one can watch oneself being identified before receiving the ballot. Simple process but most people dont pay attention
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posted on
08/22/2020 5:58:55 AM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
( Liberals, leftists, Rinos, moslems, illegals, lamestream media. All want America to fail and die)
To: no-to-illegals
The article Ive linked has a link to a report that has a lot of good information. There should be info you can incorporate into making a case against practices that violate your ability to cast a secret ballot
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posted on
08/22/2020 5:59:03 AM PDT
by
BlackAdderess
(Authoritarians are all about cancelling people who disagree with them.)
To: BlackAdderess
How many more volumes of lists do you care for me to be entered on .... been going up the food chain for decades to no avail
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posted on
08/22/2020 6:00:48 AM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
( Liberals, leftists, Rinos, moslems, illegals, lamestream media. All want America to fail and die)
To: BlackAdderess
Is there anything that links your name to the bar code? You can bet your ass there is.
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posted on
08/22/2020 6:00:55 AM PDT
by
libertylover
(Socialism will always look good to those who think they can get something for nothing.)
To: BlackAdderess
Social media is last point of sharing ..... all else has been for fruitless. Want an apple ?
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posted on
08/22/2020 6:02:54 AM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
( Liberals, leftists, Rinos, moslems, illegals, lamestream media. All want America to fail and die)
To: libertylover
As I said before then, throwing up your hands and throwing out the secret ballot is not the answer. Fighting for the secret ballot is the answer.
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posted on
08/22/2020 6:04:47 AM PDT
by
BlackAdderess
(Authoritarians are all about cancelling people who disagree with them.)
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