Voting should be private, NOT ANONYMOUS. There is a big difference.
Private voting verifies your identity and existence on the correct voter roll, while who you vote for remains private (to avoid pressure, intimidation, etc.)
I personally think voting should be treated the same as a financial transaction, with proof of identity and a full audit trail of your vote (paper ballots and paper receipt as proof of the "transaction").
PUBLIC RECORD VOTING. Everyone knows who voted and how.
The is no "in between". You can't know who voted but not how they voted.
In terms of who is allowed to vote -- every polling place I ever visited had an election judge right there to determine who is and is not allowed to vote. If you think someone shouldn't be voting, you can sit yourself down in one of those polling places and point to them and challenge them then and there.
Voting should be private, NOT ANONYMOUS. There is a big difference.
Private voting verifies your identity and existence on the correct voter roll, while who you vote for remains private (to avoid pressure, intimidation, etc.)
I personally think voting should be treated the same as a financial transaction, with proof of identity and a full audit trail of your vote (paper ballots and paper receipt as proof of the "transaction").
I believe there are only 2 options.
The is no "in between". You can't know who voted but not how they voted.
In terms of who is allowed to vote -- every polling place I ever visited had an election judge right there to determine who is and is not allowed to vote. If you think someone shouldn't be voting, you can sit yourself down in one of those polling places and point to them and challenge them then and there.