What is a PbtA?
I know we're not supposed to talk about politics. We're all grown ups here though. I think we should be able to have some discussions. You mentioned election secrecy. Do you have a party or parties similar to one we have here that talks about election security? Is that what your new measures were about?
PbtA = Powered by the Apocalypse. That is games that uses a system based upon the system from Apocalypse World. In short, Each player has a playbook with specific moves that only their type of character can do. And then there are some basic moves that everyone can do. Roll 2d6 (and if applicable add a value in a "stat"), and on a result of 6 or less, you fail. On a 7-9, you get partial success, and 10+ is complete success.
As for the voter secrecy, it used to be that you either picked up the ballots (as in marked witch witch party you vote for in which election. vote for municipal, regional, and whole country government) from the people that stood outside the election place, and who gave them out , or you took them from a tray inside the election place. The thing was that earlier, people could then technically see which ballots you picked up. You could of course pick up for many parties, and only using the one you really wanted. and since you stuffed that ballot inside a closed envelope so noone could see how you actually voted. You can vote blank as well. The envelope stuffing is done behind a screen. Now they also made so the tray with the ballots inside the voting location was also behind screens. And it was this change that caused more queues, as they wouldn't let more people inside the voting location than there was free spaces behind the screens. The changes was made so you can't get any pushback from picking the wrong ballots, so in that regards good..
And we use paper ballots. No specific party is pushing this. We have a governmental agency of bureaucrats (and volunteers doing the actual counting etc) handling all elections, and they are supposed to be true neutral. This agency is also in charge of establishing who is eligible to vote, and where. They send out the paper authorizing you to vote in advance. Then you present your ID, and the paper to the people in the voting place, and they check that you are you, and that you have not voted before. Then mark which elections you voted for. Each one in a separate envelope (there is a tiny hole so they can see that there is only one ballot in it, and that it is the right colour. So municipal ballots have one colour, regional another, and for the government a third. But they all look the same regardless of which party you vote for.
Edit: There are some extra stuff that you as a voter can do with the ballots. Yes, you can write in names (and choose your preference for one candidate even if he/she would not be eligible due to number of voted). So the fake party "The Donald Duck party" usually gets a bunch of votes every election. It is a legitimate form of protest, but counts as a blank as far as I recall.
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Yes, it came down to "which party do I dislike the least."
