Your system sounds much better than ours. Ours just dumps blindly into a centralized console that keep a tally. No paper trail. No voting record. No way to verify the vote physically (you do get a screen to verify your votes before submitting)... I do not like it one bit.
My preferred method is the one-two scanner where one machine determines available ballots (IE who you vote for), standardizes your format and prints. A second machine 'reads' and electronically tallies votes. The hard print remains as backup. I also prefer to be able to get a 'key' to see how I voted and that my vote was included in the tally. The key does not need to be combined with any identifying information, but in a large enough group, the 'key' could prove that numbers are not being changed on the back end.
Obviously having 2 personnel from each "side" present at all times when votes are not centrally locked up is a major issue - AND these people need to be known in their communities so you can't have a 'plant'. It can be made secure and trustworthy, but the current system (and the front end of who gets to vote) needs a ton of work...
Search found 2 matches
Return to “HB 22 - Paper ballot trail required”
- Thu Nov 15, 2018 10:47 am
- Forum: 2019 Texas Legislative Session
- Topic: HB 22 - Paper ballot trail required
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2253
- Tue Nov 13, 2018 3:51 pm
- Forum: 2019 Texas Legislative Session
- Topic: HB 22 - Paper ballot trail required
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2253
HB 22 - Paper ballot trail required
This should have always been the practice IMO...
https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/Hi ... &Bill=HB22
https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/Hi ... &Bill=HB22
Sec.A129.003.AAPAPER AUDIT TRAIL REQUIRED. (a) In this
section, "auditable voting system" means a voting system that:
(1)AAuses a paper record; or
(2)AAproduces a paper receipt by which a voter can
verify that the voter ’s ballot will be counted accurately.
(b)AAExcept as provided by Subsection (d), a voting system
that consists of direct recording electronic voting machines may
not be used in an election unless the system is an auditable voting
system.
(c)AAExcept for a recount under Title 13, the electronic vote
is the official record of the ballot. For a recount of ballots cast
on a system involving direct recording electronic voting machines,
the paper record or receipt copy is the official record of the vote
cast.
(d)AAThis section does not apply to an election held before
September 1, 2021.