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by tossandthrow 685 days ago
Apparently it is not fantasy that these people do it at the locations.

I think more creative thinking on how the schemes could look will show some scalable solutions to coerce votes.

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If you are interested in creative voter coercion, and generally very creative ways of changing law so that the election results always end up how you like them, I recommend reading up on the very innovative Hungarian system https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/how-viktor-orban...

> “Chain voting” ensures that people vote the right way. Voter 1 goes into the polling station,

> appears to vote by depositing an empty envelope into the ballot box, but comes out with a

> blank ballot. Voter 2 is then sent in with that ballot—now marked by a [party] operative—and

> told to put it in the ballot box and exit with another blank ballot in hand. Carried on down

> the line, the [...] party boss in the town can ensure that all have voted the proper way

> while the election workers find that they are short only one unaccounted-for vote

You’re talking about voter intimidation at polling places, right? Yes, that is in fact well documented and not a fantasy.

You can send a couple guys with bats to a polling location and coerce hundreds of voters. What you’re describing would require a highly organized set of crimes taking years of man hours that would definitely attract law enforcement due to the prolonged time and scale. Fantasy.

“Creative thinking” is leading you down the path of made up problems with ludicrous solutions.