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In the Ontario provincial elections we used a hybrid system. They ballots are paper following the same process you described, but they're first inserted into a
by 52-6F-62 7y ago
In the Ontario provincial elections we used a hybrid system. They ballots are paper following the same process you described, but they're first inserted into a machine that tallies the counts electronically and the paper record stored in case of discrepancies that might call for a hand count.
- codedokode 7y agoSuch scanning machines save the time of people counting votes (it takes at least several hours), but you cannot know if the machine hasn't been tampered with. To require re-couting the paper ballots you will need some kind of proof that the results are invalid.
- greglindahl 7y ago... you're describing the reason why people are calling for random audits of a subset of votes in every election.
- gruez 7y ago>you will need some kind of proof that the results are invalid. are discrepancies between exit polls and election result valid reason?
- ascagnel_ 7y agoExit polls are considered non-scientific for a variety of reasons. A better option is human-readable paper ballots, as you can manually compile results from batches of ballots and run stop-loss audits on them.
- minedwiz 7y agoKing County, Washington does something similar: https://www.kingcounty.gov/depts/elections/about-us/security-and-accountability/watch-us-in-action.aspx https://www.kingcounty.gov/depts/elections/about-us/security...