Originally Posted by Honus

If common sense suggests that people are willing to risk long penitentiary sentences just so that they can effect an election by some small fraction of a single percentage point, then maybe it's something we should consider.

To take an example of what I mean, in an election involving 100,000 voters who are basically divided 50-50, each fraudulent vote will change the final result by about 0.001%. In return, the fraudulent voter risks 5 years in prison. Does that sound like a common sense scheme to you?