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To: northam who wrote (1375281)	9/26/2022 11:20:36 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1586891

>> The only way your going to get a 100% valid election is by verification. You normally sample results on something like this. For example, an auditor will draw a statistically significant sample of, e.g., payment vouchers, and inspect those. If they are okay, you run other processes to check procedures. But fundamentally, yes, if you want a guarantee of 100% accuracy you have to inspect 100%. But you don't need 100%. You can actually get a statistically significant sample with surprisingly small number. That said, I have discussed something similar to what you describe, I have discussed your idea on another thread and for the life of me I cannot find a reason not to do it. You actually don't have to compromise the secret ballot to accomplish what you want to do if that is one's objective. I question the need for ballots to be as secretive as we make them. In working with private medical data, even though it is necessary to investigate problem claims and often look at the entire claim to understand a problem, realize is that it need not be that invasive. Names and addresses can be easily obscured with a proper design. Any person should be able -- and encouraged -- to review their ballot from their own computer after voting to ensure the data have been properly recorded. Frankly, for the life of me I cannot imagine why were aren't all voting our cell phones and home PCs and just solving all the problems. It really isn't rocket science to count process votes electronically.