At least here in some parts of Gnu Yak we fill out a paper ballot then put it in the scanner...there is a paper trail, but I still miss the old machines, they were built like fortresses and you knew the count was right..
When the feds opened our big old machines during Operation WestVote, they found gears held back with paper clips and rubber bands, teeth chiseled off the gears.
I would like to see purple thumbs, paper ballots, the ballot boxes opened and ballots counted in front of an audience of citizens at the precinct. Monkey business occurs when the ballot boxes are put into someone’s vehicle to be brought to the headquarters for the count.