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The ballot box situated right beside the signout table so the person assigned to the ballot box can hear that you gave a name and address to the signout table and they checked it off.
A ballot box where the ballot ain't going anywhere until the person assigned to it turns a crank (maybe it's more high tech now)
A ballot box where you can only put in one ballot at a time, two or more together they won't go in crank turn or no crank turn
The counting done in groups of two. One person laying the ballot flat on the table and reading off the names. (with the ballot flat on the table it would be obvious to any witnesses if he was reading the wrong names) and the other person giving a check to the appropriate person (his paper also flat on the table so if the first person says "Perry" and the other person gives a check to Obama it'll be obvious to all witnesses
Voided ballots (like when someone messes up and asks for another one) not thrown out but VOID written on them and put in the ballot box
The ballot box closed with a seal so if it's opened between the polling place and the election commision they'll know. There's also other stuff involved besides the seal in closing the ballot boxes here in Cambridge Massachusetts. It's been a long time since I worked as a warden at the polls so I don't remember but I do remember it was a pretty complicated procedure
The ballot box taken to the election commission in a police car accompanied by the warden (or maybe the clerk, I forget)
Oh yeah, and if somebody comes in and asks if somebody else voted they don't get an answer
Last election I took one of our dogs in the township hall with me.
Very informal as in no security procedures? Not even the seal on the ballot box? Or can the person delivering the box to the election commission make a little stop to add more ballots
None of those?? Then what security measures do you have?
none really. Just say your name and sign. That's not security, I could say I'm one of my neighbors and sign their name. They don't look at the handwriting, besides, they're not handwriting experts anyway.
What do you use and what security measures do you have?
We have electronic ballots. You walk in, type in your name, it looks you up on the registration list and you press a button for who you want to vote for.
That is it. There is no 'ballot box' there is no physical counting.
I trust a computer program which had five regressive testing procedures done on it by independent parties than a few people who could be slipped $20 to lose a few ballots. Putting faith in paper records over electronic ones is nothing short of foolish.
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