I thought of that, but was too lazy to explain my work around on that.
What if *one* "sample ballot" was printed for every voter, and each ballot is one of 10-100 or more *different* potential combinations of ballots--the only difference being random spacing/location of the fill-in circles/punches on the voters' particular ballot? The voter's particular combination is given to them after they leave the booth, on a sheet of paper, and their ballot has a specific "voter id" number assigned to it.
When the count is over, the rolls are run again through the machine, and the voter gets mailed a printed punched-paper "receipt" with their designated random "voter id" number instead of their name on the receipt. They put the "receipt" on top of the sheet they are given on election day, and they should match up.
“I thought of that, but was too lazy to explain my work around on that.”
I didn’t understand that scheme, but if you give a voter any way to see how he voted after he’s gotten home, it’s not a secret ballot.
Actually, a voter being able to see how he voted when he’s gotten home is of no use because he doesn’t know whether or not the vote was properly counted.
The only solution I can think of is the vote counting process is done by more than one group of vote counters, and the counters are not from the same political party.
If the counts don’t agree the two groups go over the data again until the counts agree.