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(Unverified)Aug 8th 2007 1:59PM

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Let me get this straight:

* You're not supposed to be able to prove who you voted for (no "receipt" from any current voting machine, IIRC)

* You're promising to vote *against* your candidate of choice, if a supporter of their opponent promises to do the same, thus canceling each other out at a national level (though somehow maybe influencing the state level, I guess?)

* Nobody can check if you actually voted the way you promised, so when you sign up for a "swap", you're gambling that the swap-ee is going to actually change his/her vote.

== End result: the honest people vote *against* their candidate, and the dishonest people vote *for* their candidate, so the candidate with the most dishonest supporters wins. That sounds like an awesome system.

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