Here in Germany, you’re allowed to stick around and watch the counting up close. I’ve done so, and was able to count along the votes for the two major parties.

Here in Germany, you’re allowed to stick around and watch the counting up close. I’ve done so, and was able to count along the votes for the two major parties. Six hours later, I checked the spreadsheet on the official website, scrolled to the row for my polling location, and verified these two numbers were identical to my count. Sure, I can only check 1/3rd or so in one of 50,000 polling places. But get just 20 people you trust to do the same, and it becomes statistically unlikely that there is widespread fraud. You can hang out in the polling location for the whole day if you want. If you get there before any voters, you can also check that the ballot box is empty. Each location serves less than 1,000 voters with three volunteer workers, so you’ll always be able to know everything that’s going on. Oh, and the longest wait I’ve ever had to endure myself was less than 5 minutes The only possible problem (aside from Republicans) in the US would be the large number of individual races and ballot initiatives. It works well with five or so. But if you’re voting for ten deputy dog-catchers of the peace, it might get tricky.