The iVotronic machine prints a random [secret] paper tape of
every action the machine takes. It also records each vote
electronically. The "zero tape" and closing paper tapes
also show the totals. These can be checked by people to
that the totals add up, from the signatures in the register
book, to the individual machine and the collected reports.
Just like double entry bookkeeping, it gives a cross
reference for each operation. But to identify an individual
voters VOTE, would be very difficult.

As a result of ballot secrecy, I don't "know" that any of
the ballots I have cast since 1967 has ever actually been
counted. I have been the first voter at a precinct and was
asked to look inside all the ballot boxes just so if there
was a question, I could say they were empty. I have worked
a half dozen elections, some with one kind of machine or
another and now two with the iVotronic machines.

The biggest problem with voting is, stupid voters who don't
pay any attention until two days before the election.




"Sylvain" wrote in message
...
| Jay Honeck wrote:
|
| except that these voters' votes can be recounted if
need be, since
| they did leave a verifiable paper trace unlike *your*
vote...
|
| The touch screen computer printed a hard copy of my
vote, which was
| verified by the operator.
|
|
| which model of machine were you using? are you saying
that you do
| not have private voting in your location and that the
operator actually
| get to see what each voter did? that sounds odd. From
what I understand
| of the touch screen machines, the thing prints out an
initial tape when
| booted up, that is supposed to show that no vote has been
entered (but
| is in fact meaningless as have been demonstrated multiple
times) and then
| another tape at the end of the poll that shows a tally of
the votes entered
| (and which of course can easily be faked as well); but
no print out of
| individual votes...
|
| --Sylvain