Voters Not Agents, But Still Have Moral Duty

Harland Harrison wrote:

HH) A Representative, as Brian Holtz wants to be, represents the entire population of the District. The voters who can choose him must also represent that population. (HH

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non_sequitur

HH) The State of CA has codified my actual legally enforceable duty. My duty is small, but real: I must vote in secret (HH

No, there is no legal requirement that absentee ballots -- the topic that started this thread -- must be filled out secretly.  It's not even illegal to fill out your spouse's ballot for her signature -- a fact that would surely have appalled the suffragettes.

HH) As a voter in CD 14, I have a moral duty to the population of that district (HH

This sounds like traditional bring-the-pork-home politics.  A true libertarian would argue that a voter's moral duty is toward everyone within the reach of the power of the officials and laws voted for, regardless of us-vs-them lines drawn on maps by statists.  Of course, this moral duty is nothing like the sort of agency relationship that is a sine qua non for bribery to properly said to have taken place.