On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 9:41 PM, Juho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One could use also the coordinates of the homes of the voters and get rid of > some of the polling station location related speculation. (One would be > pretty much forced to use the computerized (personal) candidate lists that I > mentioned in my other mail.)
It could actually be accomplished in reverse. You give your name and then they print a ballot on the spot for you listing all the required names. Ofc, it might be easier just to have stacks pre-printed and just give the voter the ballot that is appropriate for them. However, care would need to be taken to prevent the secret ballot being compromised. At least 100+ voters would need to be assigned the same ballot configuration. Another nice feature is that it would allow voters to vote at any polling station. If you happened to be out of the constituency for election day, you could show your ID and then vote somewhere else. This assumes that the PR-STV is being handled as a single constituency. There is also a potential security issue if the ballots are printed slight differently for each voter. Slightly different positions of the characters for example could incorporate a code that IDs the voter. This is one of the reasons that having all the ballots printed beforehand and being required to be identical is important. ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
