To vote in a Canadian election you have to show:
1) The voter’s card mailed to you by Elections Canada,
2) Proof of your address
Your information is then taken by a poll worker whom then finds your name on the voter’s list and crosses it out as you are handed a PAPER ballot. The ballots are all numbered, but no note is made of what # ballot you receive. The numbering is solely to ensure that only ballots from that polling station are included in its count.
Once you have your ballot, you proceed to the voting booth and mark the circle next to the name of the candidate you desire.
You then bring that ballot to the completed ballot box and insert it yourself.
While it’s nowhere near as high-tech as what you have down there, it’s a whole lot less prone to fraud as well.
Our municipal elections are a bit different, as the last few have used diebold machines. I much prefer the paper ballot. I’ve seen some questionable results from the diebold system even up here.