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Record your vote if you vote by machine. It's your vote, you can record it. Post your video everywhere if you notice your vote changing. (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 weeks ago by to c/justpost@lemmy.world
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You can also send it to your local election officers, and news stations.

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[–] 34 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

It’s not legal everywhere. For example:

https://www.votetexas.gov/voting/allowed-at-the-polling-place.html

persons may not use any mechanical or electronic means of recording images or sound within 100 feet of a voting station. A voting station is the area where the voter marks the ballot.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    What about chemical methods? Traditional film isn't electrical or mechanical, and you could probably make it work with a pinhole camera and your finger.

    Why is the law written that specifically? Seems unnecessary.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    As I understand, the law exists to prevent people's votes from being manipulated. If you aren't allowed to record proof of how you voted, you can't be forced to vote a specific way by e.g. an abusive husband.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago

    Yeah and just the same, people can't record you voting a certain way and ostracizing you for it. There are good reasons, but obviously in this current climate that's quite risky. I just hope enough smart people do statistical calculations to validate plausibility afterwards. I'm sure trump will insinuate the vote was rigged afterwards, but that's why more eyes on it and smart people double checking it will be viable.

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