Polling card up for grabs

[JTG]

Brainaddict - it's standard procedure. Every single vote is logged

 

[Brainaddict]

Brainaddict - it's standard procedure. Every single vote is logged

Really? That seems very, very odd to me. Has anyone ever objected? In the mainstream I mean?

 

[KeyboardJockey]

stat, that's disgraceful that they are undermining the anonymity of voting. I reckon you should report it - the electoral commission maybe? Actually, looking at their website they don't seem to have a place to report electoral irregularities. Useful fuckers eh? So I'm not sure who you should report it to but hopefully someone here will.

It has been a standard practice for years. It is there both for voter security reasons and the security services liked to keep an eye on who was voting for the Communist Party in the past. No need to bother now nobody votes for the Communist Parties (all four of them ) any more.

 

[JTG]

dunno. I think most people believe nobody will ever check, in the same way that repressive legislation would never be used for being horrible to nice people

 

[Brainaddict]

for voter security reasons

Can you explain this some more? I can see why you would want to tick off the people who had voted, but why do their details have to be listed next to their ballot paper number?

 

[KeyboardJockey]

Can you explain this some more? I can see why you would want to tick off the people who had voted, but why do their details have to be listed next to their ballot paper number?

So that if the person goes to vote but someone has previously been in and impersonated them then it may aid the investigation into the voter fraud and also aid in challenged ballots.

 

[Brainaddict]

So that if the person goes to vote but someone has previously been in and impersonated them then it may aid the investigation into the voter fraud and also aid in challenged ballots.

Hmm, and this has been balanced against the need for anonymity in voting under future potentially malicious governments and found to be the better half of the balance? Christ almighty, I despair of this country sometimes.

 

[Thora]

stat, that's disgraceful that they are undermining the anonymity of voting. I reckon you should report it - the electoral commission maybe? Actually, looking at their website they don't seem to have a place to report electoral irregularities. Useful fuckers eh? So I'm not sure who you should report it to but hopefully someone here will.

I'm a bit confused as to which number is being written on what. Do you mean on the ballot?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7377724.stm

 

[stat]

I'm a bit confused as to which number is being written on what. Do you mean on the ballot?

Three piles of paper were on the desk.

The first piece of paper (A) had the names of registered voters, with a unique number next to it.

The second piece of paper (B) was a list of the unique numbers from 'A' (without names included). There was a space next to these numbers.

On the reverse of the third piece of paper - the ballot form - (C) there was a printed, unique, number. This number was written on the second piece of paper, next to the unique number identifying registered voter's names.

If the security services want to find out who voted for the socialists, they just need to look at the number on the back of the ballot paper and cross reference it with 'B'. They then have the code for the voter, and can find their name (and presumably address) from 'A'.

It would be laborious, but if the security services wondered how Brainaddict voted, they could look up his name on 'A' for his unique identifying number, and then cross-referencing this on 'B', find out which ballot paper is his.

Gee, I sure hope those in power don't abuse their position! Cos that could be a f*cking nightmare.

Have we really learned our lessons from the rise of dictatorships in the 20th century? Is our society vigilant against corruption and terrible abuses of power? Or are we just relying on the Daily Mail, the Grauniad, Murdoch and the Barclay brothers to do that...