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According to a paywalled (register for three free articles per month) article on Law.com, it is impossible to cast a secret vote using Georgia's electronic voting machines.
In a new motion for a preliminary injunction, attorneys for the Coalition for Good Governance and several plaintiff voters have asked a federal judge in Atlanta to sideline use of the state’s obsolete electronic voting machines after Oct. 1.
The plaintiffs claim that evidence obtained from state and county election officials revealed that a “unique identifier” is attached to each electronic vote cast on the 17-year-old machines. Those unique identifiers could enable “election insiders or malicious intruders” to connect each ballot to the voter who cast it, the motion contends.
The motion contends that state and county election officials have admitted that ballot image reports maintained in their electronic databases and memory cards—when combined with other election records—contain enough information to identify who cast every electronic vote in Georgia. If proven, the practice would violate state and federal constitutional provisions requiring that all voter ballots be secret.
(Score: 1) by RandomFactor on Tuesday June 25 2019, @10:26PM (4 children)
In Georgia, you are handed a small yellow smartcard. Yeah, in theory they might hypothetically be able to match up some time stamps and figure folks out -maybe- -in off year- -at low ebb- -during a runoff- -with great effort- but this is an overblown fear when frankly what the bad guys want to do is manipulate votes, they don't much care how some rando voted directly.
I'm much more interested in making the system auditable and secure from manipulation, so if they improve that it's a good thing. I don't trust human beings in our emotionally vested highly polarized environment the least little bit. Ballot manipulation has become a sport and we need to crush it.
В «Правде» нет известий, в «Известиях» нет правды
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday June 26 2019, @12:59AM (3 children)
This statement disqualifies your application for the League of Brilliant Evil Minds.
Go pester Soylentnews, you're not fit even as a minion
Mwa-ha-ha-ha.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 1) by RandomFactor on Wednesday June 26 2019, @02:13AM (2 children)
It's rando isn't it? Too colloquial?
В «Правде» нет известий, в «Известиях» нет правды
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday June 26 2019, @02:50AM (1 child)
From your lowly position, I see why you might assume it is.
But actually there's no rando: either we are interested in a person or we aren't.
Because a Brilliant Evil Mind lets nothing to the chance, even our "No, mister Bond, I expect you to die" is planned in advance.
Mwa-ha-ha-ha.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 26 2019, @03:02AM
You're home, go drunk.