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Skriven 2014-05-08 15:12:38 av alexander koryagin (3:640/384)
Ärende: New voting system (2)
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Hi, Ross Cassell!
Hi, All!

 RC> This question is for my Ozzie and Euro friends...
 RC>
 RC> When you go to the place where you vote, by what mechanism do you
 RC> have to follow in order to show the poll workers that you are
 RC> eligible to vote?

Of course everyone shows a some kind of ID to obtain a ballot. However, today,
we should rather talk of election results, or how we can be sure that the
voting has not been rigged by some bustards at a polling station.

IMHO, now we can implement a new voting system. We are able to become sure that
our voices are counted properly, and, in the same time, elections will be held
by secret ballots, as usual.

1. You go to your poll station, show your ID card, and they give you an
anonymous voting ballot of the new type. This ballot is anonymous, and it has a
unique ID number. No one records the number of your ballot. You take it like a
card from the middle of a card batch (when you show a card trick).

2. A new ballot consists of two separate parts (the same ID number is on both
parts). You mark your candidate on the first part, and then you throw it into
the ballot box. The other part of the ballot you tear off and take away with
you.

3. After the voting has completed, all "parts one" are scanned, and the voting
results are displayed on the Internet site. As you see, the site shows the
anonymous results, but you have the second part of your ballot with ID number.
Entering this number (check computers must stay in public places) you can
easily and anonymously check that your vote was really counted for the
candidate you have chosen. If your choice is shown not correctly you... well,
at least you will see it.

If a party wants to recount its "For" votes on a particular poll station (or
stations) it can organize rechecking of the ballots. As the new ballots are
counted by an automatic device it will not take many time.

Indeed, so many blood is being spilled just because people cannot check their
choice!

Bye, Ross!
Alexander Koryagin

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