[LINK] Victoria the first to cast e-vote in a state election

[Kim Holburn]

On 2006/Nov/14, at 3:19 PM, Brendan Scott wrote:

> brd at iimetro.com.au wrote:
>> Quoting Brendan Scott <brendansweb at optusnet.com.au>:
>>
>>> Is there some reason why can't they get a braille printer and print
>>> out a completed ballot (for the voter to confirm before submitting
>>> it)?  Or have a certain number of braille ballots available to be
>>> filled in at the booth?
>>
>> The issue was not so much voting, but voting in secret. Having to  
>> tell a
>> sighted
>> person how they wanted to vote (as well as potentially being  
>> overheard
>> but even
>> more people) was seen (ha!) as embarrassing.
>
> Yes, but...
>
> I don't see why this couldn't be achieved with a braille ballot.   
> Maybe I don't understand how it all works in practice, but it seems  
> like it's an excuse to impose a specific (technology) solution.
>
> I don't understand why blind people's ballots should be subject to  
> fewer safeguards than everyone else's.

I can't see why either.  Surely they could push a pin through a  
paper?  It doesn't have to be rocket science.

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