10-10-2008, 09:30 PM
Quote:Well that is indeed one of the biggest cons against any kind of total registers someone might have. But I don't think all these fancy things like retinal scans are necessary for something like voting.Therefore, we have the problem of ascertaining that an individual is indeed the person who is supposed to be voting as Mr. Joe Smith, and that Mr. Joe Smith actually does live in the precinct. And, at the same time keep the ballot process anonymous.
A number on a voting ballot so that it later can be found again.....and if you know it has been fraudulent just e.g. burn it. And commenting on Pete's remark that voting should be anonymous (which is true of course) I guess fingerprint analysis of the ballots could tell which one is who's vote. This to show that the person who is very afraid of his government knowing all better go voting wearing gloves.