[EL] Voting by mail cannot ensure a secret ballot, which is the cornerstone of democracy (The Boston Globe)

[George Korbel]

I don’t want to burst any bubbles but for most jurisdictions in Texas at least there is no such thing as a secret ballot.  I have watched elections run for 50 years and the candidates for the smaller cities, school districts and utility districts always know who voted for them.

Until the end of the 70s We had to sign our ballots.  Then we got into this computer thing I believe it actually operates the same way

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Subject: Re: [EL] Voting by mail cannot ensure a secret ballot, which is the cornerstone of democracy (The Boston Globe)

Fully agree.

This paper has direct comparison of in-person and mail-voters:
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0209765

(I don't think it is gated, but an ungated version is here:
https://huber.research.yale.edu/materials/33_paper.pdf)


On 5/12/2020 5:11 PM, Paul Gronke wrote:
> This MAY be related to vote by mail, or early in person, or voting
> machines, or it may not be. Your results don’t speak to that
> question—not a criticism, just an observation.
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