Comment The real point is blocking vote-buying schemes. (Score 1) 480
... electronic systems that let people track their own votes can be used by others to track those votes.
The real point, and why it's illegal (in many jurisdictions) to show you how your vote was counted:
If you can prove to yourself your vote was counted for candidate Foo, you can prove to candidate Foo's campaign machine that your vote was counted for Foo, and collect the vote-buying money or other rewards. (Also: Strong-arm operations, like crooked unions, organized crime, and/or political machines, could get you to divulge your vote with various threats.)
But maybe it is time to ditch the secret ballot... at least for some things.
Absolutely not. The point of voting being secret is to keep people from intimidating voters into voting for someone other than their personal choice.