Reply #45: Ultimately, these ballots which can't be read by a machine will have to be examined by human beings. [View All]

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Whether it is just the 2 major parties or all the parties, there is also a neutral judge there also. So if the implication is that there can be a conspiracy in remarking the ballot to exactly match the original, then there could also be a conspiracy in a hand recount with the same election judges present. It's 6 of one and a half dozen of the other so there is no difference, but with a neutral person there I have never heard of any wrongdoing. It is how it is done where I live and I am satisfied and confident with it.

The problem is that nobody has ever come up with a 100% foolproof election system where there is an assurance that there will be absolutely no mistakes made by humans or machines.