> First and foremost, paper ballots everywhere. No touchscreens. > Second, from printing time onward, all handling of ballots, whether marked or unmarked, must

> First and foremost, paper ballots everywhere. No touchscreens. > Second, from printing time onward, all handling of ballots, whether marked or unmarked, must be done in the presence of representatives of at least two political parties. Australia does this at all levels of government, up to national elections. The people nominated by candidates are called "scrutineers" and every candidate may nominate at least one for every polling station and several for every counting room. The count is done manually, thrice, again with scrutineer oversight. Here's a photo of a close count occurring under scrutiny: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-06/counting-resumes-in-seat-of-cowan-after-2016-election/7572876 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-06/counting-resumes-in-se... At the last Federal election, 3 boxes of Senate ballots in Western Australia were lost. The matter wound up in the High Court. Because there was a very slight but non-zero mathematical possibility that those ballots could have changed the outcome, the election was voided and run again from scratch. This stuff isn't rocket science. You just have to pretend that it's important.