cubic-dog [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >On Fri, 21 Nov 2003, Major Variola (ret.) wrote: >> Secretary of State Kevin Shelley is expected to announce today that as >> of 2006, all electronic voting machines in California must be able to >> produce a paper printout that voters can check to make sure their votes >> are properly recorded.
>Great! >Now when I sell my vote, I can produce this reciept for payment! >What a perfect system! >Umm, weren't voter "receipts" outlawed some time back >because of this exact issue? Thats not how it works. The idea is that you make your choices on the machine, and when you lock them in, two things happen: They are electronically recorded in the device for the normal count, and also, a paper receipt is printed. The voter checks the receipt to see if it accurately records his choices, and then is required to put it in a ballot box retained at the polling site. If there's a need for a recount, the paper receipts can be checked. I imagine a well designed system might show the paper receipt through a window, but not let it be handled, to prevent serial fraud. Peter Trei