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this is the reason why online/electronic voting is not allowed in several countries

• wayoutthere 7y ago
  We're rapidly going back to that, even in the US. In my state, I am shown a printed paper copy of my vote through a window, and actually watch it go into the submitted ballots box. I'm sure a digital record is used as well, but it's nice to know that the printed copy is there in case of a close race or dispute.
  • pvorb 7y ago
    In Germany, everyone is allowed to watch when votes are counted in their local election office. Is there a similar way to follow the counting in the US?
    • tathougies 7y ago
      Yes, you can observe the counting at your local county office in every state as far as I'm aware. Exact regulations vary by state of course: http://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/policies-for-election-observers.aspx http://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/policie...
    • donarb 7y ago
      Here is Washington state you are allowed (in fact encouraged) to visit the counting center during tabulation. This is addition to designated observers from each party that is allowed to monitor tabulations. Voters don't even have to leave home to monitor the elections, cameras are connected to the internet to show the counting process to any voter.
  • JshWright 7y ago
    I can only speak for New York State (which used a paper ballot that is then fed into a scanner by the voter for tabulation), but the paper ballots are generally sampled and checked against the "electronic" votes. They'll manually count enough paper votes until they have a match to the machine counted votes (within some acceptable confidence interval, obviously).