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Jon Elson[_3_]

wrote:

Well, Here in Oklahoma USA we have a double acting system. We vote
with a paper ballot and it is counted electronically. That way we
have a paper trail if there is any doubt.

Bill Gill
Even those are suceptible to manipulation. Some examples from recent
elections:

If a voter failed to indicate a choice in a particular race, a poll
worker would mark the ballot (for the candidate the poll worker
preferred, of course).

We have mark-sense ballots in Missouri (in addition to electronic
voting) and the voter places the ballots into a paper sleeve after making
their marks. The voter then drops the ballot into the sealed and
tamper-detecting ballot box himself. The box is picked up after the
polls close by armed election officials and taken to a locked room
at the count government center, and kept under multiple eyes until
counted. At no time is an election judge EVER allowed to even touch a
paper ballot.

Jon