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I'm personally concerned that someone might vote in the US senate and then proceed to mosey on up to Canada and cast a vote in the House of Commons - how can we prevent politicians from voting multiple times in separate districts or governing bodies?

(Edit, just for clarity, /s on the above statement)

both your comment and the parent comment needs a /s

It seems trivial to verify the authenticity of 100 votes of known people, with a roster that changes by a maximum of 1/3rd every 2 years.

Not sure how you equate 100 known peoples' votes to potentially 330m peoples' votes.

He was being farcical to make a point.

The problem with sarcasm on the internet is that it's nigh impossible to pickup on.

No, it's only a problem on Hacker News because everything is Serious Business.

I had no problem detecting the sarcasm.

No, there's no problem with sarcasm on the internet.

It's only a problem for the people who don't get it. And judging from the point total on my post, the vast majority of people got it.