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General Discussion / Re: VOTE DAC Just Got More Interesting
« on: October 17, 2014, 05:39:51 pm »In my opinion... votes shouldn't be anonymous for a very simple reason:
1) let tyranny be transparent.
2) hold voters socially accountable for who they vote for.
Transparency is the best for everyone... give someone a mask and they will commit many crimes. Remove a mask and they must take responsibility for their actions.
Just for the records I disagree.
Votes must remain anonymous BUT with a transparent mechanism (like blockchain technology) to be sure everybody’s vote is counted right.
Voting is private, and the ballot is anonymous.
Privacy means that your identity is public but your actions are not. (They know who you are, but not what you are doing.)
Voting is a private activity.
Anonymity is when your actions are public, but your identity is not. (They know what you are doing, but not who you are.)
The ballot (the quantifiable result of your vote) is anonymous. When you cast your ballot it becomes a separate entity that cannot find its way back to you . (Though presumably a voter should be able to prove ownership of their vote after the fact.)
If we look at it this way, the voter is actually selling their completed ballot. The completed ballot is the product. The voter is the creator of the product.
So the next question is: does the voter sell ballots a la carte, or does he or she sell their ballots in bundles? Can voters make a contract with vote-buyers to robo-sign their future ballots? Then voters would be blind about what their vote was used for and how it may actually impact their life over the long term. It's possible a voter could sell their ballot to someone who will then use it knowingly against the interest of the voter. Is simple Due Diligence enough to protect voters from potentially predatory vote buyers?
