Voter privacy is maintained.
Here in Virginia the ballot package contains:
- Detailed instructions
- The Ballot
- Inner Security Envelope
- Outer mailing Envelope
Once the ballot is completed, it goes into the security envelope, that they goes into the outer mailing envelope. At which point it's placed in the mail, since the security envelope is INSIDE the mailing envelope there is no compromise there as no one can see through the hole from the time it is sealed in the mailing envelope to the time it's opened by election officials.
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So now explain in details how it was compromised under the two scenerios below:
#1 The ballot is cast, the ballot sealed in the security envelope, that then placed in the mailing envelope and mailed. The mailing envelope is received by election officials. Election officials working in pairs and under the observation of watchers from BOTH the DEM and GOP parties who function as election observers. The security envelope is removed from the mailing envelope, security checks are made, the security envelope is then opened and the ballot removed. At that point the security envelope is in the hand of election officials AND the ballot with all vote visible are now in the hands of those election officials.
#2 The ballot is cast, the ballot sealed in the security envelope, that then placed in the mailing envelope and mailed. The mailing envelope is received by election officials. Election officials working in pairs and under the observation of watchers from BOTH the DEM and GOP parties who function as election observers. The security envelope is removed from the mailing envelope, security checks are made, thje security envelope has single vote visible in some cases, the security envelope is then opened and the ballot removed. At that point the security envelope is in the hand of election officials AND the ballot with all vote visible are now in the hands of those election officials.
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What exactly is the difference as the election officials - working in teams under observation by Election Watchers from both parties - between seeing a single cirlce through the hole and those same election workers removing the ballot from the envelope and at that point "seeing" both the voter identification on the security envelope and ALL the votes cast on the ballot once removed from the envelope?
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