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A simple solution to vote fraud & internet voting
Eliminating vote fraud is easy . . . eliminate the secret ballot. Most people don't realized that "secret" voting has been around for less than a hundred years in this country and was most likely introduced to allow ballot bax stuffing.

Vote with publically with pride, then everyone can see who got how many votes, how many dead people votes in Chicago and everything else about an election.

There is no justification for a secrot ballot. If your voting for canidates that you are ashamed to admit publically you vote for, then perhaps you should ask yourself why you voted for them.

An added side benfit, in addition to eliminating 99% of vote fraud, is internet voting. With open digitally signed ballots internet voting would be easily implemented. You vote on line if there is any doubt about the election anyone who contests it can reveiw the records and anyone can see that in fact their vote was recorded in the tally for their candidate.

Bjorn A Freeman
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I have never seen the letters  lmaxwell | 11/03/03
and just how does the dmca come into all of this  lmaxwell | 11/03/03
how does the dmca come into all of this ?  Chris Moller | 11/04/03
Here's how  Robert Carnegie | 11/04/03
It's a very flawed law  voska | 11/04/03
HUH??????  vferrara | 11/04/03
integrity  stephen732@... | 11/03/03
Man, what a GREAT book title idea!  BitTwiddler | 11/04/03
integrity  Chris Moller | 11/04/03
secrecy?  stephen732@... | 11/04/03
Read them here  Nigel Johnstone | 11/04/03
Supermarket Till Printers  Nigel Johnstone | 11/04/03
The printer isn't the issue  Robert Crocker | 11/04/03
I think my solution fits this perfectly  Nigel Johnstone | 11/04/03
Ever heard of a Secret Ballot  vferrara | 11/04/03
Secret Ballots afford opportunities for abuse  AbsolutelyNot | 11/04/03
No, you don't have enough info  Nigel Johnstone | 11/05/03
A simple solution to vote fraud & internet voting  bjornafreeman@... | 11/04/03
Bad Idea  vferrara | 11/04/03
More abuse  BitTwiddler | 11/04/03
People link to the documents all the time  cybershoplifter | 11/04/03
Robert Crocker, we agree for a change.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/04/03
Really needs a paper trail  Nigel Johnstone | 11/04/03
Or electronic security paper?  Robert Carnegie | 11/04/03
Human readable  Nigel Johnstone | 11/04/03
Exactly why electronic voting is bad!  Tammee | 11/04/03
Three steps back  bjornafreeman@... | 11/04/03
No, only two...  brendthess | 11/04/03
Any type of ballot can be bogus.  Eqwatz | 11/04/03
dmca  tswanson@... | 11/04/03

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