Dead people are ineligible to vote, people aren’t allowed to cast multiple ballots in the same election by voting in different districts.
Back in the day campaign workers would stroll around graveyards and take notes of the recently deceased. Now they do it online by searching public records/death certificates, and send homeless to cast provisional ballots in the names of the recently dead.
My daughter, who moved out 11 years ago still gets a mail in ballot at my house. Not only has she been registered in another state for several years, but we have repeatedly returned her ballot with the “moved to another state” checkbox checked and she’s gone to the secretary of state’s website and tried having herself removed from the voter registry, TWICE! Anyone could pick up an unused mail in ballot and cast whatever vote they want.
Finally, I see by looking at your profile that you are a bitcoin enthusiast. Congratulations, so am I. Think of it this way, voter registration is a centralized system with a constantly changing ledger run by the few who benefit from the outcome, just like fiat money. Purple fingers is a decentralized system that deincentivizes fraud, no one is going to dye their finger so they can’t vote. Purple fingers also creates a temporary immutable ledger of who voted that day.
There are two real life examples and one theoretical example of how purple fingers stop voter fraud. What are some of your thoughts on how to make elections more secure?
watts_bar / Keith
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2023-11-26 21:26:41
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