On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 9:25 PM, Kathy Dopp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> This is similar in Ireland, confidence in the count is high. The >> electoral register on the other hand isn't trusted quite so much. > > Unfortunately in most US states, we have utterly SECRET ballot > security procedures and no publicly verifiable ballot reconciliation, > so that no one can know if the ballots have been tampered with, > substituted, properly handled, or what.
Secret ballot security measures are clearly a bad idea, especially if they are the only measures. ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
