[LINK] Blind voter demands secret vote

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Howard Lowndes wrote:
> 
> 
> Karl Auer wrote:
>> On Tue, 2007-08-28 at 06:30 +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote:
>>> Now, think about teaching dear Aunt Maud what you have just proposed. 
>>> You've just dumped a whole lot more work on the polling place staff.
>>
>> Now think about Aunt Maud being blind...
> 
> It strikes me that voice synthesis and recognition, in a private 
> environment, might be a means that has not been considered - it may 
> still be a problem for someone with limited English skills, albeit 
> sufficient to qualify to vote.

The idea of a [human facilitated] confessional (anonymity for both priest and
client) struck me as a possibility.

With regard to language, it is just literacy in the roman script that is
required - not fluency in English.

Marghanita
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