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UK ballots are supposed to be secret, but they're not really.

Here's a bit of the history of moving from open votes to secret votes:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-31630588

This article discusses what should happen to ballot slips after and election, compared to what actually happens, and describes the potential for de-anonymizing votes.

http://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,,-1051,00...



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