Dot.@feddit.org to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoScheme to cast votes on stolen mail ballots thwarted by Colorado election officials.coloradosun.comexternal-linkmessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1451arrow-down15
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minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up16·3 days agoWhy? Safeguards preventing fraud worked here. Your comment doesn’t make sense in relation to the story you filed it under
minus-squareammonium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down5·3 days agoThey prevented fraud at the cost of voter anonymity, this is exactly what is wrong with voting by mail. You cannot protect both.
minus-squareSubverb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down9·3 days agoOne success at thwarting fraud doesn’t mean that all attempts are thwarted though, it only proves that fraud is happening. That’s the problem.
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-23 days agoNo instances of being thwarted doesn’t mean it’s not happening. Just means it’s successful
Why?
Safeguards preventing fraud worked here. Your comment doesn’t make sense in relation to the story you filed it under
They prevented fraud at the cost of voter anonymity, this is exactly what is wrong with voting by mail. You cannot protect both.
One success at thwarting fraud doesn’t mean that all attempts are thwarted though, it only proves that fraud is happening. That’s the problem.
No instances of being thwarted doesn’t mean it’s not happening. Just means it’s successful