Questions tagged [ballot]
For questions about the paper or other instrument with which a voter's choices are stored. May be a paper, a colored ball, or electronic storage. Not for questions about choices which might appear. Consider referendum instead.
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Questions about mail-in ballot
I would like to learn more about how mail-in ballots prevent fraud. This is in United States.
If I receive a mail-in ballot, and sign my neighbor's name on it, and mail it back, what will happen? (...
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Is there any country that fully uses paperless ballot?
Without a paper audit trail, it can be difficult to detect errors or
breaches in the voting machine’s software or hardware, possibly
allowing an incursion into American voting systems to go unnoticed.
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What happens if a state omits a major party candidate from their presidential ballot
This question is inspired by this other question.
Suppose a state determines that a major party candidate should not be on their presidential general election ballot, perhaps because they believe it ...
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Election disruption caused by ballot typographic error or omission
Has there ever been an instance of where a typographic error or omission on a paper ballot led to a delay or postponement of an election? I would assume that filing deadlines are set in part to allow ...
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Algorithm for creating efficient test ballots [closed]
When preparing test ballots for voting machines that read hand-prepared, fill-in-the-oval paper ballots, is there an algorithm to prepare the ballots to guarantee each candidate (in a certain race) ...
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Traditionally, and currently, what stops human vote counters from altering ballots to make them 'Spoilt / Invalid votes?
Traditionally, and currently, what stops human vote counters from altering ballots to make them 'Spoilt / Invalid votes' ?
Referring to - Spoilt vote / Invalid vote
So if a theoretically dishonest ...
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Is there a centralized archive of ballot design samples from around the world?
I'm kind of an election nerd looking for a place to view different ballot designs from around the world.
For instance, I'm happy to have found this video from International IDEA analysing ballot ...
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Evidence of widespread voter fraud stemming from absentee ballots
This article makes the claim that voter fraud stemming from absentee ballots could have had a major impact on the recent California recall election. Is there any evidence from this election or others ...
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California Governor - Recall Election - Can you vote "no" and still pick a successor?
The explanation I have found so far for the upcoming recall election in CA is that there are two questions:
Should Newsom be recalled?
If so, who should replace him? (with Newsom himself NOT being ...
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Examples of unintentionally confusing ballot design?
What are some examples of unintentionally confusing ballot designs used in relatively recent elections (say, 1980 onwards)? Examples from non-american countries are fine if accompanied by an English ...
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Do Australian and Irish elections use ballot scanners on ranked-choice ballots?
I'm curious if Australia and Ireland (two of the most prominent users of ranked-choice voting) use machines to automate the electoral process.
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What happens to the physical votes after an election is complete and certified in the US?
After an election has ended and the winner determined and results certified, what happens to the actual physical ballots? Are they destroyed or stored elsewhere?
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What is the largest election to use non-secret ballots?
All the elections I'm aware of use secret ballots, meaning that no one knows which candidate a different person has voted for. But surely there must be elections somewhere where that's not the case ...
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How many ballots have been sequestered in Pennsylvania and Michigan?
By court orders, Pennsylvania and Michigan have been commanded to sequester domestic ballots that arrived at counting stations after the traditional deadlines.
For the purposes of this question, it is ...
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When are absentee ballots typically rejected?
I'd been reading a bit about the absentee ballots that were rejected in my home state of Wisconsin. I was wondering, if they'd rejected upwards of 23,000 ballots in the April 2020 election, could the ...
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