From: doug.bryce{at}sympatico.ca (Doug Bryce)

I stand corrected .   I was pretty close though.   I hadn't noticed
the addiitonal numbered stub that stays in the book.  But I was pretty sure
that the ballot number was recorded against your name on the voters list
even though the stub is removed before the ballot goes in the box  - I'll
have to watch closer next time I vote .

Doug


On Fri, 03 Nov 2006 23:57:09 -0500, "John Beamish"
 wrote:

>Not quite.
>
>Each ballot (in the book of 25 ballots) has the ballot itself and two
>perforated "stubs" (for lack of a better word).  Those stubs
have a number
>but a number is not on the ballot itself.  The physical layout is
>something like this:
>
>1.  Stub with a number.  This stub is stapled into the book.
>2.  Perforation
>3.  Stub with the same number
>4.  Performation
>5.  Ballot
>
>When you arrive and have successfully identified yourself:
>
>1.  Your name is crossed off on the voter's list.
>2.  You get 3/4/5 with the ballot folded in such a way as to hide the
>ballot but leave the numbered stub exposed.
>3.  You unfold, mark your ballot and refold it leaving the number exposed
>but hiding the ballot.
>4.  You give the folded 3/4/5 back to the poll clerk.
>5.  The poll clerk removes the stub (3) and discards it.
>6.  You put the ballot in the box.
>7.  A tick mark is made next to your name to indicate that you have cast a
>ballot.
>
>Note that at no time is the number on the stub equated to an individual.
>
>At the end of the day, the number of ballots cast must equal the number of
>people who had names crossed off the voter's list.
>
>At the end of the day, the number of ballots cast plus the number of
>spoiled ballots must equal the number of ballots pulled from the books of
>ballots.
>
>By the way, during counting, a ballot may be rejected (note:  spoiled
>ballots happen *before* they go into the box; rejected ballots happen
>during counting) if there is any way to potentially identify which ballot
>was cast by a particular voter.
>
>

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