Your post made me feel like I was looking at Steemit from the inside out, as your perspective is based upon an in-depth insight into the mechanics of the platform, people and technology. I like how you've touched on the phycological aspect of voting and what drives one to vote the way one does, certainly made me ponder. So, on the back of your recent post (I'm working in reverse, remember:), regarding your idea of automating the voting system, should and would eliminate most, if not all of the personal reasons for a Steemian to vote. Maybe a certain level of automation, not fully, say 30% auto and 70% personal? I'm a fish out of it's depth on this one, so I'll stop there. And finally, awesome point @kevinwong and another reason why your idea of automating the voting system seems so interesting.
It doesn’t matter if voting is so-called tamper-proof and sybil-resistant through the use of indelible ink, identity checks, or even blockchain technology. There's just no way to properly secure any voting platforms, especially around the premise of one person, one vote (also known as account-based voting). Anyone telling you otherwise must have not thought through the problem well enough.