if you want the people to know who you are voting for then ,someone would hold up a paper to the cam with the name of the president they want?
you can find problems with it please dont turn tech now just a simple yes or no
2007-06-15 07:51:24 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
Bad Idea! NO WAY! If you want people to know who you are voting for, just tell them.
One of the main things we as Americans have as a freedom is the privacy and integrity of the polls! I work at elections, and we aren't allowed to ever look at a ballot when someone has voted. You know how it has a little number, and that is taken off when you vote? Once the computer processes your application, no one knows who voted how, and that is so incredibly important. At the end of the day, its a private affair between you and your conscious. There are so many people who WOULDN'T vote if there was a camera in the booth that it would get even fewer people to the polls, and that would serve no purpose whatsoever.
If you really feel the world should know how you voted, talk to the newscrews that are 100 feet from the entrance. They do their "exit polls" and they would love to see you and hear how you voted.
2007-06-15 08:07:32 · answer #1 · answered by 2 Happily Married Americans 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't like that idea, big brother is watching you. It's bad enough there are cameras all over the place watching streets and stores there should be some degree of privacy for voting. As far as the people's right to know, that's what exit polls are for, should people want to give that info.
2007-06-15 08:02:15 · answer #2 · answered by Limestoner62 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, can you imagine how much that would cost and how long it would take? I don't think it's necessary, either, because any candidate can get a recount, and as liberal organizations proved in the last two presidential elections, the man who got the most votes is in the White House.
2007-06-15 07:56:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it may violate the sanctity of the voting booth, but I can see where it comes in handy if officials want to catch voters who are trying to sabotage the machines, as has happened in the past.
2007-06-15 07:56:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think it would be just another way for the Democrats to cry about the evil Republicans fixing another election.
Don't ask me how, I just know it will happen.
2007-06-15 08:04:58 · answer #5 · answered by thegubmint 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
secret ballot is one of our inferred rights.
webcam? Never in a million years. If there was a webcam, I would never again vote.
2007-06-15 07:57:38 · answer #6 · answered by words_smith_4u 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think it's a violation of the Constitution and highly illegal.
2007-06-15 08:07:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋