Election Reform

DetlefK

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3. Compare this to the german system:

Wed Sep 16, 2015, 04:22 AM

Sep 2015

For the size: The ballot is about 8 inch wide.

You get the ballot and an envelope.
You enter the booth.
You mark your votes with a coolie-head. (Germany has a Two-vote-system: One local vote for your representative of choice and one national vote for your party of choice.)
You fold the ballot and put it in the envelope.
You leave the booth and put the envelope in the urn.

Once the election-office has closed (7 PM), staff counts the votes by hand. Any citizen is free to stay and witness the count. (Need a recount? Somebody botched something? No problem, the heap of ballots is still there.)

The first results are typically in by 7:15 PM, the final results are in by 8 PM.

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'Perilously' Outdated Voting Machines Threaten 2016 Election, Report Finds [View all] eridani Sep 2015 OP

"more affordable and flexible voting machines" - also "more hackable?" PoliticAverse Sep 2015 #1

Paper ballots can be scanned and audited. eridani Sep 2015 #2

Compare this to the german system: DetlefK Sep 2015 #3

Rather convenient that they don't have school board levies, ballot initiatives, sewer commissioner eridani Sep 2015 #5

Some might be interested in why Germany OUTLAWED electronic vote counting. Stevepol Sep 2015 #10

Why does this story make me feel as though a stolen election is already being planned? merrily Sep 2015 #4

"voter verified paper ballot as the ballot of record" elehhhhna Sep 2015 #6

There is no precinct in the U.S. with more than 2000 voters. elehhhhna Sep 2015 #7

Voter verified paper ballot as the ballot of record! Hortensis Sep 2015 #8

Agreed. But I don't see a problem with scanning, provided that the audit trail is-- eridani Sep 2015 #9