Subj : Re: 2023 FTSC Standing Member Election - Preliminary Results
To   : Michael Dukelsky
From : Dan Clough
Date : Fri Mar 24 2023 03:11 pm

-=> Michael Dukelsky wrote to Dan Clough <=-

 DC> As an aside, can you name another election (of any kind) where a
 DC> person can go back and change their vote after it's been cast?

 MD> Yes, there was such an election. In the latest election to the
 MD> Russian parliament voters in Moscow were allowed to vote online
 MD> several times and only the last vote was counted. A voter could
 MD> vote either offline or online. Unlike with the online votes only
 MD> one offline vote was allowed. Several online votes were allowed
 MD> for a reason. There were reports that the management of some
 MD> enterprises associated with the state required their employees to
 MD> provide proof that they voted for the candidate from the ruling
 MD> party taking a photo of their vote. They were threatened that if
 MD> they didn't, they would be fired. Therefore, it was allowed to
 MD> vote online several times in order to allow the voter to
 MD> eventually vote the way she/he wants.

Yeah............. well honestly I wasn't really thinking about Russian 
"elections" when I said that.  I think the reason why goes without 
saying...



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