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I don't think he was dragging partisanship into it at all. I live in Chicago and it's a well-known fact that the Democratic party machine is still alive and well over here. Funny how Daley keeps winning by landslides when I've never met anyone who actually LIKES him as a mayor. Let's not get sensitive - he was simply referring to a real-life example that happened to be of the Democrats.
Anyway, anonymous ballots are a necessary part of PREVENTING vote fraud - they don't help perpetrate it. Back before we moved to the Australian ballot (which, yes, can have it's own flaws), the parties could tell if you were voting for them or not, and when you work for the city government you better believe that they're interested in knowing. And, in Chicago for example, 5 of the top 6 employers are government entities - and it's like this in most major cities. So, if there is no anonymity to voting, they can ake sure that you vote for them or else you may not have a job any longer. This is the whole REASON we switched to the Australian ballot system.
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