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Zach
@zd
Just voted in LA No one asked for my ID to cast my vote They took me at my word given name, birthday, and house number… I asked the polling person: “So are you telling me that I could have walked in, told you someone else’s name / birth year / home address and you would have believed me?” They said “Um, yes” Terrifying to say the least
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Satoshi Tomatomoto
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I'm ok with it. The penalty for voter fraud is high, so there's very little incentive for individual people to vote under someone else's name. The incentive that does exist to try to do it at scale in an attempt to sway an election is countered by the fact that it would be pretty easily found out when most of the victims realize someone already voted under their names. It turns out it just isn't something that happens very often.
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Zach
@zd
Imagine someone voted on your behalf How might you feel?
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Satoshi Tomatomoto
@tomato.eth
I wouldn't like it, and I'd report it to the authorities. Is that a trick question?
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Zach
@zd
Nope - not a trick question. It’s not just about statistics; it’s about ensuring that every individual’s vote is protected and that people have confidence in the electoral process. I understand that the penalties for voter fraud are severe, and ideally, they should deter people from attempting it. My concern is less about the frequency of voter fraud and more about the vulnerability in the system that allows for the possibility of it happening undetected. The fact that someone can vote by simply providing a name, birthdate, and house number—with no further verification—feels like an unnecessary risk to the integrity of our elections.
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Saadiq
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So, if I understand it, you're saying the fact that it is so rare isn't the point. The fact that it could ever happen even once is the point. Is that correct? Ok, sure. Far be it from me to tell someone else what they should worry about. However, frequently the solutions to this "problem" cause more harm than the actual "problem". We haven't gotten there in this conversation but anti-voter fraud policies disenfranchise orders of magnitude more voters than there have ever been cases of voter fraud. That's a thing I find horrifying.
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