lurking with 2nd cup brewing
i noticed something funny with the WA State ballot yesterday:
in lieu of a signature, the voter can make a "mark" and have that witnessed by two other people, lines for signatures provided, BUT NO VERIFICATION of those "witness" signatures, no line for a "print your name under signature" for those witness slots.
easy to set up a ballot mill like that, make a mark, scribble two signatures, hey look a vote.
the other thing that bugs me about the WA state ballot: why does the signature go on the envelope and not the ballot itself?
why not? never really thought about it.
why not publish all votes in front of God an everybody?
why not make everyone sign ballot and get it notarized?
fifteen days to stop the spread, done right
is that really true or is it revised history? i don't know, it would be another dig.
it's a delicious parallel to the baking situation. remain anon but prove who you are.
at a certain point, someone has the ballot in one hand and the signed envelope in the other hand. correlation possible in that moment. meanwhile, they can look up voter reg for party affliiation, contributions, public statements.