Yet so few people go the next step and say, “Let’s do away with the secret ballot itself.” It really is a recent invention, American democracy survived nearly 100 years before the Australian ballot was adopted. There are obviously concerns (vote buying, organized crime, etc) but they can be dealt with. And public voting would almost completely eliminate concerns about the voting process itself being subverted by a malign actor.

> There are obviously concerns (vote buying, organized crime, etc) but they can be dealt with.

I don't think they can be dealt with. But I'm willing to listen to your ideas. How would you deal with vote buying? How would you stop the scenario where a guy says "I'll give you $1,000 if you vote for candidate X" (or "I know where you live, I'll break your kneecaps if you vote for candidate Y")?

Vote buying/intimidation is just too big a vector, IMO. I would never accept that risk. It's transitive too - you can pay/intimidate the people who enforce the no paying/intimidating rule.

I would never vote again if it wasn’t anonymous. Retaliation is real.