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by codedokode
681 days ago
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> paper ballots are already anonymous and verifiable I don't understand this part. What stops people responsible for giving out those ballots, from taking some of them and mail under someone's else name (for example, homeless person, drug addict etc)? You often need just several hundreds or thousands votes to win in a swinging state. |
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A requirement to keep a record of which paper ballot envelopes were mailed out to whom, and to which address.
Ballot blanks are all identical, but the outer envelopes go through the USPS and have identifying numbers on them.
When the ballots are counted, the envelopes can be examined by all interested parties separately from the ballots. The ballots are taken one by one out of the outer envelopes, and put into a bin (they're folded in blank inner envelopes, so nobody can see anyone's vote at that stage).
Presence of an envelope that was received, but not mailed out is evidence of fraud.
Conversely, once put into the mail, the USPS can track each such envelope, and anyone other than the intended recipient tampering with that mail is committing a federal crime (regardless of what they do with it).