seattle.politics

Paul Mitchum wrote:

> Let's say that a box of scan-tron ballots have been found in the trunk
> of some guy's car, and the ballots are believed to have come from your
> polling place. You hear that on the news, so you choose to call up the
> election officials and say, "I've got a receipt, I can help you identify
> the ballots." Because the ballots are numbered yours can be identified.
> It can also be verified against your receipt, to discover if there was
> any tampering. It might even be possible to authorize you to re-vote.

That's a terrific solution... to a problem we don't have.
It would indeed prevent this crime that almost never happens.
And all it would require is that every polling place in the nation add
an extra level of redundancy to the already existing checks and balances.

I've asked this a lot before on other matters, and as time goes by I'll
ask it more on even more others.

How much in additional taxes would you be willing to spend to fund this
new expansion of government activity?