From: Ellen K. 

That would be an excellent way to go.

Unfortunately, I don't think that's what they do.

On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 12:06:53 +1100, John Beckett
 wrote in message
:

>Ellen K.  wrote in message
>news::
>> I don't think there's really any way to guarantee that electronic voting
>> will be accurate.  Suppose they make it print out each voter's ballot
>> choices and the voter is supposed to then click something saying the
>> printout is correct, so what?  There is still no guarantee that what
>> showed up on the printout is what is recorded internally.
>
>I haven't followed this story (apart from the occasional laugh at the
>whole fiasco - that quote from Phil's URL about the CEO being partisan is
>just amazing).
>
>However, I imagine you would get the machine to print a slip with the vote
>on it, and the person would then put it in a ballot box. A random survey
>of ballot boxes would then confirm whether there was a good agreement
>between the electronic tally and the paper in the boxes.
>
>John

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