UK Parliament / Open data

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

My first reaction is that a transparent ballot box could add to democracy and could be useful. On the other hand, when thinking of the mechanics of polling day, one has to consider that sometimes people do not fold the ballot paper properly and if that happened in a transparent box it would show who the person had voted for, or did not vote for, which would render the vote invalid because someone was able to identify it.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
724 c1377 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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