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This is not bad. Need to think about it... edit: Consider it is scanned after voting has closed instead, during counting. Does that change the characteristics o

• CydeWeys 8y ago
  That would give up one very valuable feature, namely, that scanning it at the time you're voting gives you immediate feedback about the validity of your ballot. If you accidentally voided your ballot by voting for more than the allowed # of candidates in any given election, or if you didn't bubble in the ovals properly and it can't read them, then your ballot will be rejected and you can fill in a new one. If you wait to scan until after voting has closed, then the person's vote will be thrown away instead of fixed. Also, how are you going to scan all these ballots after voting has closed? That would require opening up the lockbox, which tampers with the security of the system. Plus, you're no longer getting results instantly; you'd have to wait until the polling place is closed down, and then open up the box and scan all the ballots. What possible advantage does this have? It'd just slow everything down.