121 sats \ 3 replies \ @freetx 4 Nov \ on: My experience voting early in person in CA the Sunday before Election Day Politics_And_Law
Generally similar process in Texas, with the exception of ID is required. Also ballot order in TX seems to be hard-coded as: Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, Green (other).
One thing that does concern me about the process in TX, is that I don't have 100% faith that ballots are kept confidential. The process is this:
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Go to one of the available desks and present your ID. They scan your ID on iPad and ask you to (a) confirm your address, and (b) electronically sign.
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At this point, a receipt printer prints a 5-digit "ballot access code". This is given to you along with a blank ballot.
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Once you arrive at voting machine, the screen it locked, you must enter your 5-digit code to unlock.
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Finally you are guided thru loading your blank ballot into the machine and you vote and it prints your ballot.
My concern with anonymity is that its clearly possible that they have a record that links: Your ID -> Ballot Unlock Code -> Completed Ballot. In fact it would be trivial to have that connection....
I'm sure its possible that you could design an unlock code process that was purely anonymous, however how do we know?
Yea my printed ballot card also had a bar code on it. I hope that was randomly generated and not tied to me too.
Thanks for the detailed explanation!
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