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What do you do when duplicate serial numbers start showing up? I'm assuming you won't know who was issued which serial number, and if it's truly randomized you wouldn't even know where they were sent.


Then you have clear proof of election fraud and the FBI, NSA, etc can get to work. Invalidate the election results and do a new one.


> Invalidate the election results and do a new one.

The chaos that would ensue from this is staggering.


Much better to just deny it till after the new government is in, then make a nothing-burger out of all the news that is reported "afterwards"? Meanwhile, 50% of your country is disenfranchised for X-years because it was "less chaos" to just accept the vote and move on.


How would they "get to work"?

And your proposed resolution means someone could DoS an election by copying their ballot and submitting it.


'Just do a new election' is not a valid fallback.


Not valid why? Lack of political will, or logistically unfeasible?


For one duplicate?




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