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It'd be interesting to explore transparent/public voting combined with an in person way to correct/lock_in your vote. Instead of having a voting day let people vote over a month and be able to lock in their vote in person at any time.

Maybe not use it for elections but maybe for polling on issues or a replacement for petitions and/or referendums. Enabling some aspects of direct democracy especially at local levels. But i think this would need to be public or overly transparent to enable people to trust the outcome or become aware of any attacks on the system.



The closest we have to that is paper ballots. You can get your ballot a few weeks in advance and vote then. Then, until the “postmarked no later than” date, you can change your vote if so desired.




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