Our machines print out 2 receipts with your recorded vote. One comes out of the machine with a scan code and the other is behind a thick plastic screen where you can review it and when you press done it rolls up into the machine, they have to keep the receipts for something like 7 years. Lots of storage but you could actually count all the votes again if needed.
Pencils can be erased; but the erasures are obvious. Do you think that all voters are going to complete their ballots without making mistakes? If a pen was used, a whole ballot might have to be redone to avoid ambiguous marks that could be challenged by poll watchers.
[–] oowensby 0 points 11 points 11 points (+11|-0) ago
Paper ballots, marked with a pencil, collected and counted in the presence of witnesses representing the candidates. How is this so hard to implement?
[–] hypercat ago
Our machines print out 2 receipts with your recorded vote. One comes out of the machine with a scan code and the other is behind a thick plastic screen where you can review it and when you press done it rolls up into the machine, they have to keep the receipts for something like 7 years. Lots of storage but you could actually count all the votes again if needed.
[–] FriedrichNietzsche ago
It's bad to have people being watched when voting. It may pressure people into voting differently
[–] oowensby 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Secrecy is necessary for the actual marking and sealing of the ballot.
[–] gosso920 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
"I'm 'Landslide Lyndon' Johnson, and I approve this messaage."
[–] oowensby 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I see what you did there.
[–] seerick 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Why Pencil and not Pen? Just curious since Pen cannot be erased. Also, I agree - can't trust those machines, to much opportunity for fraud.
[–] oowensby 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Pencils can be erased; but the erasures are obvious. Do you think that all voters are going to complete their ballots without making mistakes? If a pen was used, a whole ballot might have to be redone to avoid ambiguous marks that could be challenged by poll watchers.
[–] TalkingAnimal 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
All my adult life I've used a felt-tipped pen to vote. It works fine if I mess up my ballot, they give me a new one.