The latest from Colorado:

Here’s the problem, according to Marks: Election staff can trace specific ballots right back to voters through unique barcodes assigned to each ballot.

Courtesy of Marilyn Marks

Example of a unique barcode on a ballot in Chaffee County

The example she gives is that a boss who wants employees to vote for a certain candidate could require that all employees hand over their unique barcode numbers from their ballots. The boss could then send those numbers to a friend within the elections office who could confirm whether the employees actually voted the way they said they would.

She says she thinks these barcodes exist as an auditing tool, but that it ultimately makes information available to insiders that needs to remain private.