[TeMPOraL]

This is a strong point in favour of privacy. I don't feel I have much to add at this point in conversation, I need to think about this issue more. Thanks for elaborating :).

> That is why we vote in secrecy

Just to address this one thing though - from what I understand, we vote in secret so that we can't be forced to vote against our will by external actors via e.g. blackmail - not because we value privacy per se. Am I wrong here?

[chienandalou]

> Just to address this one thing though - from what I understand, we vote in secret so that we can't be forced to vote against our will by external actors via e.g. blackmail - not because we value privacy per se. Am I wrong here?

No, you're right. But I'd say that we implicitly value the privacy of the voting booth as a tool to guarantee a free election.

Thanks for thinking about this. :)