Reply #2: ... as britain pushes postal balloting... [View All]

[sweetheart]

Postal balloting is considered safe in britain: http://www.stirling.gov.uk/index/council_homepage/council-mps/council-elections-pballots.htm

That said, the royal mai, unlike the US postal service has a
delivery guarantee. In this regard, the day you "send" something
under british law, is legally binding (the receiver is automatically
deemed to be receieving it!)

I'm of two minds on this. One one hand, i think things that make
it easier for voters to vote are good ideas. On the other, when
serious fraud is involved, as with the bush election fraud, a more
substantial way to verify that a vote was counted, would be nice.

Perhaps if each postal ballot had a unique ballot-ID on it, and one
could call in on a special telephone number and verify the ballot was
counted. Then i could post the ballot in early, and verify it. If
it is not counted, then i have a recourse to appeal.

As it stands, anyone can simply roundfile a postal ballot and that
is the end of a vote. Without verification, postal balloting is
precisely what folks like Mugabe Bush seem to like.