which was understandable given the horrid design of the Florida ballots
Actually, I'd like to point out that those horrid ballots were only used in a single Florida county, Palm Beach county. A large number of counties here in Florida use optical scan ballots. These ballots, at least in the form we use where i live (Orange County) easily satisfy 1, 2 and 3 on your list above. And the poll workers easily satisfy 4.
1. Each candidate's name has a broken arrow next to it. You use a special marker to connect the two parts of the arrow next to the candidate you want to vote for.
2. After completeing your ballot you put it into a machine that scans it right there in the precinct. If you have marked your ballot in an invalid way (ie voting for two candidates for the same office) the machine spits the ballot back out and the poll workers will destory it and issue you a new ballot. I believe the law gives you 4 or 5 trys to get it right. Not that anyone should need more than one try with this ballot.
3. Since the ballot is collected, and has the candidates names on it right next to the place where people mark there vote, the ballots are in human readable form. And if you accidently mark the wrong candidate, you can ask the poll worker to destroy your ballot and give you another one, and again you have those same 4 or 5 trys to get it right. Not that any person should even need a second try, but it's there just in case.
4. While the ballot itself doesnt verify that people are in the right place, the poll workers do. They have a list of every voter in their precinct. When you come into vote, they ask for photo id, and if you use some id other than your driver's license they ask for your address. They then locate your name on the roll and verify your address, and have you sign the roll.
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which was understandable given the horrid design of the Florida ballots
Actually, I'd like to point out that those horrid ballots were only used in a single Florida county, Palm Beach county. A large number of counties here in Florida use optical scan ballots. These ballots, at least in the form we use where i live (Orange County) easily satisfy 1, 2 and 3 on your list above. And the poll workers easily satisfy 4.
1. Each candidate's name has a broken arrow next to it. You use a special marker to connect the two parts of the arrow next to the candidate you want to vote for.
2. After completeing your ballot you put it into a machine that scans it right there in the precinct. If you have marked your ballot in an invalid way (ie voting for two candidates for the same office) the machine spits the ballot back out and the poll workers will destory it and issue you a new ballot. I believe the law gives you 4 or 5 trys to get it right. Not that anyone should need more than one try with this ballot.
3. Since the ballot is collected, and has the candidates names on it right next to the place where people mark there vote, the ballots are in human readable form. And if you accidently mark the wrong candidate, you can ask the poll worker to destroy your ballot and give you another one, and again you have those same 4 or 5 trys to get it right. Not that any person should even need a second try, but it's there just in case.
4. While the ballot itself doesnt verify that people are in the right place, the poll workers do. They have a list of every voter in their precinct. When you come into vote, they ask for photo id, and if you use some id other than your driver's license they ask for your address. They then locate your name on the roll and verify your address, and have you sign the roll.