What Voting System for A Fair Election?

[BOHICA06]

Mechanical, Punch Card, Paper, Optical Scan, Touch Screen with and Touch Screen without .....

What system is the best to ensure validity and confidence?

[Not Me]

1. I used mechanical lever machines for years in NY

and never heard a single tabulation issue. Ever.

[LuCifer]

3. lucky

we'd like something like that down here in the Palm Beaches some year! something that actually IS NOT OWNED BY DIEBOLD!

Lu

[PROGRESSIVE1]

7. same here

[trotsky]

2. Optical scan

with serial numbers, so that ballots can't be substituted.

A machine can make the initial tabulation quickly, yet a human being can easily do the recount if necessary.

[Kellanved]

4. paper ballot, manually counted

"Many eyes" system - IMHO the only way to go.

[ClassWarrior]

5. Paper and pencil.

Australia does it, and they have them counted in two days.

NGU.

[Kellanved]

6. so do we

in Germany.
And the final results are in by midnight, despite the extremely complicated counting (two-votes system).

[DieboldMustDie]

8. Touch screen producing paper *BALLOTS* would be fine;

I don't really need a receipt.   Then again, I'd be just a happy with a paper ballot and pen, and they're a lot cheaper. :shrug:

[BOHICA06]

9. So the race goes to .....

Ancient technology, followed in 2nd & 3rd place by 19th Century and 20th Century voting methods.

.....something about nothing new under the sun.......