Ohio oversight destroys the secret ballot

This is bad. My father - a lawyer - used to say that the Secret Ballot was one of the most sacred protections of democracy. The secret ballot ensures that no one can persecute you for your vote (consider the horrible tactics used at the Straw Polls) and no one can sell their vote either, because there is no way to confirm your vote either way. However, new rules in Ohio have made it trivial to match up voters with votes. The attempt to make elections more transparent to avoid fraud has gone too far:

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