You should know this because voter ID is one of the most debated topics in American politics, especially in recent years (SAVE America Act). On one hand, there’s election integrity, and on the other, voter access.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/46320788
Of these states, six have Democratic trifectas, 23 have Republican trifectas, and seven have divided governments. There are currently 14 states that do not require identification at the polls outside of what is required by federal law. Of these 14 states, 10 have Democratic trifectas, and four have a divided government.
So I can’t say this is true for each “brand” of machine, however just from observing how it works where I vote.
They scan your ID with the computer. This activates a key card. That key card is then inserted into the voting machine allowing a ballot to be cast.
Even if you assume those records are not directly tied together. It would then be trivial for anyone with access to both data sets to just use time stamps to match the id scan to the time the ballot was submitted.
This is true with paper ballots.
That is fucked. We don’t have voting machines here, just scan-tron style ballots which are anonymous and sealed that way.