The key to fair elections is transparency, and computers are anything but transparent.
Anybody here remember counting? Four upright marks and a diagonal slash? Sure you do. Anybody who graduated from the seond grade does.
Paper ballots filled out by the individual voter and counted by hand at precinct level, in public, with representatives of all factions free to view the counting, worked well for decades and is till the most accurate way to count votes. It's also the hardest way by far to manipulate and the least expensive.
Once counted at precinct level, the totals are publicly posted at the precinct, sent to a central facility for adding up, (again, in public,) and announced to all, with both factions keeping an eye on the announcer to make sure he reads exactly what has been given him.
Machines are not needed for such a simple process.
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The key to fair elections is transparency, and computers are anything but transparent.
Anybody here remember counting? Four upright marks and a diagonal slash? Sure you do. Anybody who graduated from the seond grade does.
Paper ballots filled out by the individual voter and counted by hand at precinct level, in public, with representatives of all factions free to view the counting, worked well for decades and is till the most accurate way to count votes. It's also the hardest way by far to manipulate and the least expensive.
Once counted at precinct level, the totals are publicly posted at the precinct, sent to a central facility for adding up, (again, in public,) and announced to all, with both factions keeping an eye on the announcer to make sure he reads exactly what has been given him.
Machines are not needed for such a simple process.