That's possible; personally I believe this is to address the enormous problem of voter fraud because it's a bureaucratic nightmare.
As the 2000 election showed us, having ambiguity as to the results is quite destabilizing, time-consuming, and expensive. It's absolutely essential that "One man, one vote" be upheld, especially when races come down to the few thousands or hundreds of votes, and the critical path in this is identifying that the person who dropped that ballot in the box or punched that key was, in fact, a legitimate voter.
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Date: 2008-01-10 03:37 am (UTC)As the 2000 election showed us, having ambiguity as to the results is quite destabilizing, time-consuming, and expensive. It's absolutely essential that "One man, one vote" be upheld, especially when races come down to the few thousands or hundreds of votes, and the critical path in this is identifying that the person who dropped that ballot in the box or punched that key was, in fact, a legitimate voter.