Comment Re:Why not have voting machines that print ballots (Score 1) 436
In agreement with the parent and to address a number of points that have come up in the discussion so far:
Here in South Africa we use a system of paper ballots. You vote for a national party representative and a provincial party representative. We have 10+ different parties you can vote for depending on how many are registired in a given year or area. We have 11 offical languages so all ballots are available in all 11 languages. The ballots are hand counted but tabulated and counted up using a computer system.
This is in a third world African country and yet we generally now the full results the next afternoon or evening (after the voting day which is a public holiday). While the elections aren't completely free of possible election fraud and shenannigans we manage to have a free, fair and timeous election.
It kinda boggles the mind that it can't be (or won't be) done in the USA.
Here in South Africa we use a system of paper ballots. You vote for a national party representative and a provincial party representative. We have 10+ different parties you can vote for depending on how many are registired in a given year or area. We have 11 offical languages so all ballots are available in all 11 languages. The ballots are hand counted but tabulated and counted up using a computer system.
This is in a third world African country and yet we generally now the full results the next afternoon or evening (after the voting day which is a public holiday). While the elections aren't completely free of possible election fraud and shenannigans we manage to have a free, fair and timeous election.
It kinda boggles the mind that it can't be (or won't be) done in the USA.
