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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Debate & Discussion > I've Got A Secret Ballot: Is Private Voting Still a Public Good?
 
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White Rock
Jul 14, 2007
Creativity flows in the bored and the angry!

RagnarokZ posted:

Is the Op just utterly insane or something? Secret Ballots are absolutely essential for anything that even resembles a functional democracy.

Hell, Sweden is actually in trouble these days, because their electoral system isn't entirely secret, the ballot you pick up to vote actually has the name of the party you want to vote on.

Re: Sweden
This is such a minor issue and can easily circumvented by filling the envelopes pre hand or just grabbing multiple ballots, or just write the party on a blank ballot.

Also you have to be standing right behind the ballot selection box so yes the guy in the line behind you might have an inkling.

Sick of this getting news coverage because the far right party got butt hurt about not getting enough votes and is now saying Sweden is as bad as Iran or something.

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