But serial numbers also mean that they can track how people vote...all they have to do is link serial number to who the ballot was sent to.
We had that where I worked decades ago. It was an ‘anonymous’ survey sent individually to us via company mail...but with serial numbers. Needless to say I told them they were a ‘fine company’ and I loved my job. Wasn’t quite true either way, but I wasn’t going to give them a reason to get rid of me.
Can they possibly get any more racist?
Might not be a bad idea for the state to say “Every ballot must be uniquely identified”. When you show up at the polling place, show your voter ID, they hand you a ballot, you vote and you leave. That would be an anonymous system, and if that is important to a person, then showing up at the polling place would be the way to go.
Of course, if anonymity means nothing to someone, they can mail-in their unique ballot. And, yes, mail-in ballots could be tracked and we could know How people are voting. Some won’t mind — but for those who do mind, that’s what those polling places are for.
“But serial numbers also mean that they can track how people vote...”
You mean in the same fashion that a serial number on a dollar bill will show all its transactions and who spent it?
“It was an ‘anonymous’ survey sent individually to us via company mail...but with serial numbers.”
Company I work for did that....many complained. They changed it...replaced the serial number with your birthdate!!! It was a little better at least because there are about 19,000 employees so there are likely many duplicates. But if you mentioned something specific about your department...you may be pegged.