[LINK] Fwd: VIP-L: E/voting in Victorian election, not so secret

[Jan Whitaker]

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[[You are more than welcome to share it, including my name and the e/mail I
sent, as I am happy to demonstrate it to people.  I think the argument here
is that vision impaired people as a population demographic can be easily
identified with the current reporting format.
Regards,
Steve]]



>Hi LIst members,
>I did an interesting experiment last saturday.  I looked up the Victorian
>Electoral Commision site for the last state election.  Then like party
>scrutaneres would, I went into the electorate I was in then, and went into
>votes by polling place.
>When I got to the list, I saw E/vision australia Kooyong, and noted only 1
>vote for my electorate.  It was mine, as that was where I voted.  The vote
>was also for the party I voted for.  I know party scrutaneres and
>researchers go into detail, and it would be quite easy for them to work out
>who voted for who party in that curcumstance.  Where there is more than one
>vote however, it would be posible for them to work out how the vision
>impaired people voted in their electorates.
>It will beinteresting to see how the fedral elections are reported.
>Steve
>
>
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