Shane Rush [shane(_at_)red(_dot_)nymcity(_dot_)com] wrote:
wayne says,
I think all votes should be kept secret until the end of the election.
First, I prevents tit-for-tat votes, and selective voting based on who
is unlikely to win and/or unlikely to lose. Secondly, it will
encourage people to vote early since people can always keep their
votes secret by snipping at the end of the processes.
I strongly support this notion to help prevent observational strategic
voting and possibly voters feeling it best to vote at the last possible
moment.
[...]
Isn't this backwards? Shouldn't your last vote count?
No, not when it opens the door to a dishonest reallocation of vote <g>
Making the _first_ vote count instead of the _last_ one also discourages
voters from voting early, so you're contradicting yourself. :-)