Ok so basically you are saying, your experience with software development is so bad that you cannot build a secure system.

Anything can be hacked. Even paper ballots that are scanned. At the end of the day you are still using software to tabulate the outcome. Ughhhhh

Are your passwords anonymous? Yes. They are converted to ******* when you input them, so Tom does not understand the basics of security. Like I said it can be done. And it probably will be someday. We still have a culture of people who do not understand technology they use everyday.

How much do we spend on elections every years? Billions. We should put a tax on every political donation and PAC to pay for secure elections. We have the means, but of course why would we invest money on decent infrastructure!

Of course you could verify your vote. I can verified the amount of taxes I have paid on my quarterly estimates I have submitted. I can also download a receipt and get email notification.

Anyone can commit fraud, republicans use it as a tool to disenfranchise voters as well as committing the fraud themselves.

Yes, I said completely mail in meaning no polling locations.

In this day and age, it is already determined if you are party affiliated. So, now tell me how a secret ballot stops someone from coercion? Even knowing a party affiliation how does that stop coercion? It doesn’t. Companies ask their employees to give to their PACs They do not require it, but they certainly try to influence their employees. Like I said, not seeing the benefits you seem to think we get with a secret ballot. It can still be private, just like your bank statements. You would then be able to confirm your ballot was counted and included in the final count with read only access after you submitted your ballot.

Everything is trackable, that does not mean that companies investigate fraud all the way to putting a person in jail. Most of it is written off. That does not mean that they can’t track it, it means the chose not to pay for resources to do the investigations. They are making a decision to write off bad debt rather than pay the costs to track it down and have it prosecuted. Happens all the time, especially in insurance. They just pass the costs off to other customers. Most of these crimes require accountants and IT professionals. How many police departments hire accountants and IT professionals along with the computer equipment they need?

I am looking at my ballot right now and you are correct. Also, what you are signing and dating is the voters declaration not the ballot itself. So it is really not pertinent to the ballot at all. It is just to make sure what you can and cannot do after submitting the mail in ballot.

Ah. BS. Everything online is trackable. Just because you do not understand security does not mean it does not exist. 99% of all business is done on line. As far as a secret ballot, we’ll that is questionable. All paper ballots have your information assign and in person you are logged into the rolls at a specific time. I am not so sure why we need a supposed secret ballot. It makes integrity at the polls even trickier.

It could be if they set up a private network. I pay taxes online.

Not everyone can take off work and stand in lines for hours. Mail in ballots allow people access to the vote. Pennsylvania should go completely mail in like Washington state.

Deter fraud? The date in question is on the outside envelope, there is a date on the inside ballot already. It is a duplication. Stand corrected. It is only on the postal envelope and the signature is to confirm the voter declaration. I still do not see how this deters fraud. It is no different than signing in at the polling place (which does not make any declaration)

It is stupid and bizarre to me. I believe he was a state legislator for Lehigh county area. Totally inappropriate behavior. Unbecoming of a public servant.

Sure it is possible. But this post is not about a gay black man, it is about a white man posing as a gay black man. Trying to stay on point and not stray into non relevant hypothetical statements. Unfortunately people stray into areas they have no business. In fact the majority of social issues are generally people out of their depth of knowledge and understanding trying to impose the so called personal judgement.

Sure, but a white man posing as a gay black man his Twitter account with his picture is bizarre. Personally I think white people should consider not trying to speak to experiences they have never even come close to having.

Unsolicited texts are obnoxious and unwelcome.

Well that is a worthless statement.