Please justify the claim that requiring ID in order to vote is a disguised poll tax. Do you feel the same if ID is required to register to vote and reasonable evidence of having registered to vote is required to vote?
I agree with you about signing a ballot (or any procedure that is too potentially similar to signing a ballot, such as having to submit a signature to an electronic voting machine). Also - not that you said so - but a copy of your completed ballot as a voting receipt is also a bad thing. A receipt that proves you voted is fine (although I'm not sure it's that worthwhile). A receipt that can be used to prove how you voted is not[1].
[1] Because it enables badness such as "Prove to me that you voted for x and I'll give you a cookie."
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Date: 2006-11-08 07:40 pm (UTC)I agree with you about signing a ballot (or any procedure that is too potentially similar to signing a ballot, such as having to submit a signature to an electronic voting machine). Also - not that you said so - but a copy of your completed ballot as a voting receipt is also a bad thing. A receipt that proves you voted is fine (although I'm not sure it's that worthwhile). A receipt that can be used to prove how you voted is not[1].
[1] Because it enables badness such as "Prove to me that you voted for x and I'll give you a cookie."