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Yeah, and blank ones if you want to write down the party of your choice. You could bring your own ballot if you so choose, or vote pretty much anywhere else than were you live during a ~ three week long period.



yeah... or you could just implement secret ballot like all sane countries have

> blank ones if you want to write down the party of your choice

this can and does risk resulting in the vote not being counted (due to alleged illegibility, a tiny spelling error or whatever)

> You could bring your own ballot if you so choose

same thing, your own ballot could be considered illegitimate + even in the best case that you obtain a real lawful ballot, only a tiny fraction of people are willing and able to go through the trouble of doing so + again, by requesting a ballot, secrecy is out the window

> or vote pretty much anywhere else than were you live during a ~ three week long period

the suggestions just keep getting more and more ridiculous - no one should have to do any of this! everyone should be able to just rock up and vote with secrecy preserved, without having to prepare or use all these hacks


I am at loss here.

As per my prior comment directed at you, you have been reminded that the improvement you asked for had been implemented into law.

As per the same comment, the situation for new parties have thereby become worse. You are sure to have experienced the same problems we experienced when getting the Pirate party into parliament when you got the Sweden Democrats through the system.


Which country has "secret ballot" then ? Cause what you described as imperfect is the system that is present in all countries I've ever been in, and I've been in the majority of western europe...


Almost all actual democracies have secret ballot? There’s any number of ways to ensure secrecy is preserved at all times by default. (unlike in Sweden, where virtually no votes are secret because it requires hacking the process)


Can you point a country and how they ensure secret ballot?

France works exactly the way you have described Sweden so far.


Sweden doesn't even work the way he describes any longer. The changes he claims he wants are already in place.




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