Postal voting

[andrewducker]

[Poll #1562419]

I think that postal voting has real problems - as I've been discussing over here (worth reading the post that's attached to too, it's very interesting).

The basic problem boils down to this - if you're voting from home then there's nothing to stop someone bribing you to vote X, and then sitting behind you while you click the button/write on the form. Similarly, much more social pressure to conform can be exerted. Whereas, if you're voting in a booth then you can say "Yes, I voted X." when actually you voted "Y", no matter how much social pressure is exerted. See The Times article on that link for an example of that kind of pressure being exerted.

Comments

[andrewducker]

Well, I don't care if people know that I voted Lib Dem. But there are still people out there who do dodgy things for votes (see that link) and I'd like to try and plug those gaps.

[likeneontubing.livejournal.com]

I think you're right in worrying about it, but it does seem quite rare to me.