10-26-2014, 09:35 AM
(10-26-2014, 01:46 AM)mpd618 Wrote: It is easy for your spouse to vote "for" you, or coerce you to voting for who they want.I wouldn't characterize it as "easy" but I'll acknowledge that it's possible. It's also possible to coerce or bribe others with a paper system although admittedly it may be harder to confirm that they actually voted as directed.
On a related theme, my wife is apolitical. Every election, federal, provincial and municipal, she asks me who to vote for. I presume she takes my advice. I've tried hard to explain to her that she needs to do her own research and make her own decisions rather than rely on mine. And yet I know that tomorrow she'll ask me who she should vote for. Anything wrong with this practice, (1) on my part and (2) on hers?
Quote:Basically, someone can be present with you when you are voting and cause you to change your vote.This reminds me of all the fraudulent voting the Conservatives were going to stop by requiring more stringent voter and/or voucher ID and checking at the polls. Yet despite the rampant abuses they claimed necessitated "reform" they couldn't provide any concrete evidence of such activity. Could this be another such phantom?