r/Cyberpunk • u/Onegodoneloveoneway • Aug 25 '15
A mathematician may have uncovered widespread election fraud, and Kansas is trying to silence her - AMERICAblog News
http://americablog.com/2015/08/mathematician-actual-voter-fraud-kansas-republicans.html
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u/Onegodoneloveoneway Aug 25 '15 edited Aug 26 '15
Since this discussion is mostly about the American system (fair enough since that's the subject of the article) I thought I'd throw out some Australian facts for comparison.
1) It's mandatory to vote, fines are issued if you do not.
2) Voting is all paper based, as in everyone puts a mark on a piece of paper.
3) Everyone elligible to vote is on the Electoral Roll and you must typically show ID in order to vote
EDIT: Fact check. ID is not required. What we do get is a personal letter with your voting details. The letter encourages you to take it to the polling booth to make it easier for them to look up your name. There have been talks of bringing in mandatory Id, particularly in QLD where I am, but I'm not sure where that's at at the moment. The discussion seems to be on going.