a question for the Americans

It is a law thing Veronica. There might be places that have e-voting, but as far as I know the law (at least in my state) requires a physical ballot.

Randy . . . the machines used in our county require a device called a MASTER PEB to do anything to the computer itself. So I'm not sure how a guy walking in to vote could do anything to the computer except take his turn to vote. (how long ago did you see that) The voting machines used in our county also have a paper printout that shows who you are voting for. It disappears as you confirm your vote. Our state (OHIO) also offered each voter a choice, at the poles on Tuesday, to vote a paper ballot or vote on electronically on the machines. I am a pole worker . . . and we had record turnout Tuesday. The longest wait in our location was about an hour. Blessings!

Thanks Randy . . . The machines that we use where I am a pole-worker have a security band (seal) with a serial number on it when we start the day. Each pole worker inspects the seal and we write down the serial number on the official records before opening the machines. There are seals for other things too, like the ballot boxes. I guess the voting machines could come to us with contaminated chips, but there is a D and an R present at all times through the process to make sure that nothing goes wrong. I suppose there is always a way to corrupt the count. I think the paper ballots could be tampered with too. I would be really interested in that link if you find it. Our little county is being watched by the whole USA because we have such accuracy AND because our results duplicate the whole Country in every pres election. We end up with the same M-F ratio, the same D-R ratio, the same % results. We even had folks coming here from other Countries to check things out!! The whole process is amazing to me. Thanks for looking into that link!! Blessings!

good rosie, at least its done right somewhere! here they find trays of uncounted ballots 3 months after elections!