Call your bank and ask whether they keep a paper
backup of those electronic transactions.
Of course, even if they didn't, you could read
your account statements and raise hell if the
numbers didn't add up. If your vote got changed
inside the machine, no one including you would
know. Voting is unique in that the transactions
are anonymous.
No one but an idiot and future pauper would
consider doing anonymous cash transactions
electronically with the kind of technology
used in voting machines!
It's hard to believe that this was a serious
response, but I'll answer it anyway. Precinct-based optical scan ballots are HIGHLY
accurate, and provide a voter-verifiable paper trail. They are also a lot cheaper than touch-screen machines. Alternatively, several vendors have produced touch-screen
machines with printers attached, where the voter
can review the ballot before it is cast (the
printed ballot goes back into the machine in some
cases; in others, the voter puts it in a scanner
or ballot box.)
It's not a choice between punch card machines and
touch-screen machines.
See my web page on the subject, which was discussed here previously.
We don't have to accept technology that is wide
open for vote fraud (and simple error). In some
sense, we had better technology 100 years ago, when we had hand-marked paper ballots which were counted by hand at the precincts.
1. Endorse the resolution on electronic voting.
http://verify.stanford.edu/evote.html
2. Most people don't seem to know what's happening. Tell them about it, and point them
to the web page.
3. If you live in Santa Clara County, CA, contact
the election staff and supervisors to let them
know you consider this an important issue.
http://verify.stanford.edu/dill/EVOTE/scco.html
4. email offers of help to "elections@chicory.stanford.edu". More ideas would be appreciated.
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Of course, even if they didn't, you could read your account statements and raise hell if the numbers didn't add up. If your vote got changed inside the machine, no one including you would know. Voting is unique in that the transactions are anonymous.
No one but an idiot and future pauper would consider doing anonymous cash transactions electronically with the kind of technology used in voting machines!
It's not a choice between punch card machines and touch-screen machines.
See my web page on the subject, which was discussed here previously.
We don't have to accept technology that is wide open for vote fraud (and simple error). In some sense, we had better technology 100 years ago, when we had hand-marked paper ballots which were counted by hand at the precincts.
1. Endorse the resolution on electronic voting. http://verify.stanford.edu/evote.html 2. Most people don't seem to know what's happening. Tell them about it, and point them to the web page. 3. If you live in Santa Clara County, CA, contact the election staff and supervisors to let them know you consider this an important issue. http://verify.stanford.edu/dill/EVOTE/scco.html 4. email offers of help to "elections@chicory.stanford.edu". More ideas would be appreciated.