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Politics : The Trump Presidency
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To: Lane3 who wrote (222279)1/9/2022 5:04:41 PM
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tell me how your proposal would better guard against granny's vote being co-opted by her nurse or other nearby person than her filling out a paper absentee ballot.

Canada has been looking into online voting. A report was prepared by the Centre for e-Democracy, for the Privy Council Office.
One of the main concerns was ballot secrecy being compromised if voters do not cast their ballot in private. This could occur in situations where someone helps another family member vote or has others present for the act of voting. Voting by internet in an unsupervised environment also increases the possibility of fraud or coercion. A term referred to as “family voting” is commonly cited as a concern with remote online voting. This refers to a situation where some families “vote collectively in ways that uphold the clan-style biraderi (‘brotherhood’) relationships that govern a range of their social relationships, including marriages” (Smith, 2013). Additionally, pressure from a head of household can occur in situations where a dominant family member wishes to influence and control the vote. Voter coercion is said to occur more frequently in religious groups.

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