[Moose4]

That may also be a fake. Watch it very, very carefully for little “jumps” indicating edits.

In any case, stuff like this is why I hate touchscreen machines. They used optical scan ballots here (fill in the circle, just like the SAT). Personally I think whatever the automated method, you should get a “receipt,” date/time stamped and with the precinct and number of the machine, with your voting choices on it.

}:-)4

[ThomasMore]

Personally I think whatever the automated method, you should get a “receipt,” date/time stamped and with the precinct and number of the machine, with your voting choices on it.

Great idea, and Agreed!

[Atlas Sneezed]

Personally I think whatever the automated method, you should get a “receipt,” date/time stamped and with the precinct and number of the machine, with your voting choices on it.

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Except that proof of voting means people can be paid for their vote (or threatened for voting the wrong way).

[zeugma]

Personally I think whatever the automated method, you should get a “receipt,” date/time stamped and with the precinct and number of the machine, with your voting choices on it.

I understand the sentiment, but this is a bad idea as it facilitates fraud.

Suppose democrat operative Mallory offers Bob a pack of smokes if Bob will vote straight Dem. If the voting machine presents him with a receipt as you said, he could take the receipt out to Mallory, and she could verify that Bob did, in fact vote as instructed. As is, with a secret ballot, Bob can claim he voted Dem, when in fact, he did not. Now, if you were intending that you'd take that receipt and deposit it in a ballot box right there, as a means for providing an audit trail for the electronic votes, I'm all for it.