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>it allows extortion/coercion. Suppose I am a mob boss and I wish to become (insert position here). I send my goons to inform you that voting for me is a wise decision because I can offer you protection from the vicious thugs in the area. It would be a shame if the vicious thugs burned your house down, wouldn't it?

How is this different than what currently happens?

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Our current voting system has an emphasis on the secret ballot.

There are records of which polling place a person voted at, and whether they showed up to vote, but (in theory) there's no way to tell which of the thousands of ballots from that polling place match to which individual voter.

You can still use coercion to discourage certain groups from voting, which has happened plenty of times throughout history.

So? That's not solved by a bitcoin voting system either.

But there is also no way for us the verify a valid and safe vote. Especially with our lively die bold machines. I'll take the thugs, give me a fair vote.

Or you know, just get rid of the diebold machines and do a hand count?

Whose hands?

People from several parties, in a public, observed location. It's not hard; it works here in the UK, and it worked in the US before all this voting machine nonsense started.

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