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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Speaking of security. There is a potentially big security risk with vote by mail. <br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">How do we know (hypothetically speaking) that Rick did not some how coerce the rest of the household to vote a particular way? Or just let him mark their ballots? Or maybe some thug in the neighborhood convinced lots of people to vote as he said?</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">When people vote in person, it is impossible to know how a ballot was marked. Ok, Deidre can probably figure out how Rick voted. <br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Monday, February 24, 2020, 8:23:44 PM PST, Rick Moen <rick@linuxmafia.com> wrote:
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<div>I wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> Eek, the California primary is _not_ going to be in far-off June, this<br clear="none">> time, but rather has been moved up to Super Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020.<br clear="none">> Despite state culture, this is a clarion call to be _less_ laid back<br clear="none">> for a change.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">One brief follow-up: Although technically Election Day will be March<br clear="none">3rd for Californians, that's a bit misleading.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">California has, after successful limited trials, now gone 100%<br clear="none">(so-called) 'vote by mail'. If you're a US citizen registered to vote<br clear="none">in this state, you should have already received a full voting kit<br clear="none">including an official ballot. If you haven't, _contact your county<br clear="none">voting office, ASAP_. <br clear="none"><br clear="none">You can of course simply mail in that ballot (postage prepaid). Or you<br clear="none">can drop it off in-person at 'voting centers' that are now ramping up --<br clear="none">details were provided to you. Or, if you're a cynical, distrusting<br clear="none">network-security guy like me whose frequent reading material includes<br clear="none">RISKS Digest, Schneier's security blog, etc., you can do as I did today:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Today, having other business already in our county seat (Redwood City), <br clear="none">I hand-delivered my ballot (and Deirdre's and Cheryl's on their behalf) <br clear="none">and personally dropped it into a ballot box inside the San Mateo County<br clear="none">elections office. Because, then, far fewer things can go wrong.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Point is, you absolutely do -=not=- need to wait for Election Day, and<br clear="none">personally I'd carefully avoid doing so. You can vote -- today, or at<br clear="none">your earliest convenience.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">(And, don't forget, if your aren't registered, it's nonetheless _not too<br clear="none">late_: You can 'conditionally' register and vote: Talk to your county<br clear="none">elections office, and then Robert's your father's brother ('Bob's your<br clear="none">uncle').<div class="ydpf60d1499yqt1300906954" id="ydpf60d1499yqtfd74258"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">conspire mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">conspire@linuxmafia.com</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire</a><br clear="none"></div></div>
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