We used to use the non-electronic mechanical machines not that long ago when I lived in NY State. These had a lever where you would close the curtain behind you. They had switches on these machines where you flipped to vote for each candidate. We need to go back to those with a paper ballot back up.
Before voting it was checked to make sure there were no votes in them.
One of the problems with any election is not at the voting precincts them selves except if they are on the internet with these electronic devices. However, the problem may be later on where they total the entire county results at the county election boards. There is where some of these election frauds can arise. So who does the counting matters even if there are paper ballots.
FWIW when they introduced the new electronic voting systems in NY, I called my board of election to complain that their machines never told me how I voted. It only said "You Voted" So I was suspect that the results could be manipulated without my knowledge. Turns out I was right.
But you know what the board of elections there said? We assume you know who you voted for. And what I said is what if the machine says otherwise even though I voted a certain way. Whose to say the machine could interpret my vote wrongly. I would never know.
Back to paper. No electronics at all. Voter ID is needed. We are the only country that doesn't require it.
Paper ballots, purple fingers.
We used to use the non-electronic mechanical machines not that long ago when I lived in NY State. These had a lever where you would close the curtain behind you. They had switches on these machines where you flipped to vote for each candidate. We need to go back to those with a paper ballot back up.
Before voting it was checked to make sure there were no votes in them.
One of the problems with any election is not at the voting precincts them selves except if they are on the internet with these electronic devices. However, the problem may be later on where they total the entire county results at the county election boards. There is where some of these election frauds can arise. So who does the counting matters even if there are paper ballots.
FWIW when they introduced the new electronic voting systems in NY, I called my board of election to complain that their machines never told me how I voted. It only said "You Voted" So I was suspect that the results could be manipulated without my knowledge. Turns out I was right.
But you know what the board of elections there said? We assume you know who you voted for. And what I said is what if the machine says otherwise even though I voted a certain way. Whose to say the machine could interpret my vote wrongly. I would never know.