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Originally posted by Gattigap
Perhaps then a system which prints out the ballot (which is the official ballot), which the election officials keep, and then it's scanned to calculate the totals. Seems like electronics can help deal with the problem of people who don't understand or can't read or fill out a ballot the way they wanted to -- something that tells Grandma "You voted for Buchanan, you nitwit. Are you sure you meant to do that?"
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That would work quite well. The key is, the paper needs to be left in the possession of the election officials, secure and unchangeable.
Oh, and "You voted for Buchanan, you nitwit"? I want a tee-shirt like that for my Florida trip.)
