"But it is a security failure if your spouse can vote on your behalf, even with your consent"
from reports of colleagues, a common failing of postal voting systems already, with or without consent.
"voting systems must not provide receipts, because they would violate anonymity"
It is a requirement and fact of the current UK system that exactly how each voter cast their ballot can be traced if there is a court order to do so. The fact that a voter voted (either in person or by post) is available on request after election day for a specified period (which ends with the destruction of the paper record).
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Re: Quoting from the report
Date: 2004-01-22 07:48 am (UTC)from reports of colleagues, a common failing of postal voting systems already, with or without consent.
"voting systems must not provide receipts, because they would violate anonymity"
It is a requirement and fact of the current UK system that exactly how each voter cast their ballot can be traced if there is a court order to do so. The fact that a voter voted (either in person or by post) is available on request after election day for a specified period (which ends with the destruction of the paper record).