Receipts are retained by the guys holding the election, not the voters. A physical record of which way a vote was cast would be an excellent way of enabling bri

Receipts are retained by the guys holding the election, not the voters. A physical record of which way a vote was cast would be an excellent way of enabling bribery of voters, and no sane system would allow it. That's also why photographing a ballot paper is usually banned in polling stations.