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Quittungsfreiheit

English translation: receipt-free secret ballot

12:43 Feb 21, 2022
German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics
German term or phrase: Quittungsfreiheit
Quittungsfreiheit: Der Wähler darf nach der Wahl nicht nachweisen können, wofür er seine Stimme abgegeben hat. Das Wahlgeheimnis bleibt erhalten, auch nachdem man die Korrektheit seiner Wahl bestätigt wurde.
Marketing-Lang.
Germany
Local time: 10:48
English translation:receipt-free secret ballot
Explanation:
When in doubt, call the vote a 'ballot'.

The problem with 'ballot-paper or slip anonymity' is that the Round Robin may be taken electronically.

No further elucidation, elaboration or explanation, lest confusion be sown.

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Adrian MM.
Austria
Grading comment
Thanks Adrian, great references too.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4receipt-free secret ballot
Adrian MM.
4no individualized record of voting selections
Michael Martin, MA
3No voting slip
Bartira Galati


Discussion entries: 12





  

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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
No voting slip


Explanation:
sugestão

Bartira Galati
Brazil
Local time: 05:48
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
receipt-free secret ballot


Explanation:
When in doubt, call the vote a 'ballot'.

The problem with 'ballot-paper or slip anonymity' is that the Round Robin may be taken electronically.

No further elucidation, elaboration or explanation, lest confusion be sown.



Example sentence(s):
  • The secret ballot, also known as the Australian ballot is a voting method in which a voter's identity in an election or a referendum is anonymous. This forestalls attempts to influence the voter by intimidation, blackmailing, and potential vote buying.
  • Receipt-free secret-ballot elections (extended abstract) & Secret-Ballot Receipts: True Voter-Verifiable Elections. IEEE Security and Privacy

    Reference: http://iate.europa.eu/search/result/1645453547219/1
    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_ballot
Adrian MM.
Austria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks Adrian, great references too.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  TonyTK: The term of art appears to be "receipt-freeness" - https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/853.pdf and lots of other kosher hits.
23 mins
  -> Thanks, Tony. Having dealt only with UK and German etc. private and public company or Trade Union voting, balloting and (written) polling, I've learned something about electoral law.
agree  Bartira Galati
20 hrs
  -> Muito obrigado, Bartira, merci vielmals and thanks !
agree  Cillie Swart: nice solution
1 day 2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Cillie.
agree  AllegroTrans: But "receipt-freeness" NO way
1 day 10 hrs
  -> Thanks, Chris. Tony K. has come up with an intriguing web ref. for the purpose.
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
no individualized record of voting selections


Explanation:
Unlike the German term, this may be more digestible for a layperson and eliminate the need for a footnote.

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Note added at 1 day 15 hrs (2022-02-23 04:21:25 GMT)
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Voting without paper trail (you can't sell your vote if there's no paper trail to prove how you voted)

Compare with quotes below:

"Five states in the U.S. — Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina, New Jersey, and Delaware — run their elections using direct recording electronic machines (DREs), which provide no paper trail of the votes. That means if there’s a contested election or a suspected breach or tampering attempt in those states, there is no way to verify the election result." https://www.axios.com/five-states-without-paper-trail-of-vot...

"Andererseits muss verhindert werden, dass es dem Wähler dadurch
möglich ist, seine Wahlentscheidung Dritten gegenüber zu beweisen. Diese Sicherheitsanforderung wird als Quittungsfreiheit bezeichnet. Das Wahlgeheimnis muss demnach durch das elektronische Wahlsystem erzwungen werden. Um die gegensätzlichen Anforderungen der individuellen Verifizierbarkeit und der Quittungsfreiheit zu vereinbaren, sind in der Regel komplexe kryptographische oder organisatorische Konzepte nötig."
https://download.hrz.tu-darmstadt.de/media/FB20/Dekanat/Publ...


Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 04:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 76

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  TonyTK: Your deleted suggestion was better, Michael. This is not just too vague, it's wrong. (IMO) // No a thousand times. it's far more complex than that, Michael. Read the definition. Google the term. Look at the links in the discussion box.
4 hrs
  -> Never mind. What the German concoction probably refers to is the "absence or lack of a paper trail"
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