alt Hacker NewsElection integrity requires as much of the mechanics of elections to be transparent to all observers, including politically-disfavord groups, as possible.
If the voter rolls are state secrets, only available to approved insiders, how can you know they're not filled with regime sockpuppets?
> If the voter rolls are state secrets, only available to approved insiders, how can you know they're not filled with regime sockpuppets?
Here in Germany, you can show up in person at the election office to check the voter rolls, although in practice you don't ever need to do so because registration of your residential address is mandatory and it automatically also updates voter rolls. Errors here are extremely, extremely rare as a result.