>unless I, the voter, leave some record that I inspected that piece of paper and agree that it reflects the votes I intended to cast, it's useless as an auditin

>unless I, the voter, leave some record that I inspected that piece of paper and agree that it reflects the votes I intended to cast, it's useless as an auditing mechanism If the voter can easily see that the ballot reflects their choices, then it's not useless as an auditing mechanism. That's hyperbole. Remember, if there is massive/systematic fraud going on, then every instance doesn't have to be caught to uncover it.