at least in L.A. county, they use a paper ballot with the inka-vote system. You're given the ballot stub with a number and then they scan your ballot in the machine and tell you that there were no issues with it and that it's been accepted.

I just want a receipt that shows me what I bought.

then they put your ballot in a sealed box and give you a receipt.

...I guess....

Not sure what good receipts do--they can't really tell you what happens electronically in the scanner and then the totals go to the Central Tabulator...

Unless you're using a touchscreen, can't see much use for receipts.

and individual votes verified after the fact. If some given number of voters demonstrate problems, a recount could be required by law.

bad idea to have a piece of paper that shows how we voted.

something stating how you "think" you voted would be meaningless. That's why I am against touchscreen voting, even with receipts.

Original paper ballots. The only way to go.

They scanned my Driver License and gave me a yellow card to insert in the machine. I guess they can tie my vote to my name now. There was a summary of how I voted and then you cast your vote. I have no receipt or backup of how I voted.

Would ricky scott lie to me ?

We've never had any problems surrounding voting here. A few years back we switched from the lever type of machine to a scanner. You don't get a receipt. You are just supposed to wait until you see a cofirmation that your ballot scanned successfully. Not ideal, I guess, but then there was no receipt when we had levers either.

Optical scan ballot marked by hand with a pen.

Voter is given a serialized stub with the precinct and ballot numbers - I was number 499 in my precinct this morning.

Voter places completed ballot in a cardboard box. Ballots are scanned centrally at the office of the Registrar of Voters.

No paper trail.

Hmm.......
We get an "OK, good, next?"

We have to take it on faith.
Just like the old lever machines.

is collected by a machine. No receipts.

Pasco County, FL

Poll worker gives you a sticker. Nothing to confirm HOW you voted. The paper ballot is in the tabulator.

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I'm in CA. We use ballot cards that we mark with a black marker. The cards are optically scanned.

Every page (card) has a serial number on the ballot card that matches the number on the tear-off stub.

Edited: Actually there are serial numbers on the stubs, but none on the ballot cards themselves.

Our system is shaky and needs to be standardized.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonykosner/2012/11/06/the-technological-foundations-of-todays-election-are-shaky-especially-in-ohio/

Nothing, you press cast ballot and the machine's lights go out indicating you are done, GTFO.

being able to print, review/change and verify a record of the ballot (it's like a cash register receipts that stays with the ballot machine).

If you're really bored , here's a video of how our system works:

http://cltr.co.douglas.nv.us/elections/sequoiaverivotedemo.swf

Maybe it should be a model.

Recorder's office twice, and they confirmed both times that my ballot has been accepted.

However, I have no physical evidence to confirm that my vote was counted.

"An open and honest examination of the flaws in electronic voting will lead us to only one possible conclusion: electronic voting machines are dangerous to democracy because there is no way of ensuring their accuracy."
Rep. Dennis Kucinich, 2003

Paper ballot where we use a marker to connect the front and back ends of an arrow. Then we feed our own ballots into an optical scan machine and get an "I voted today" sticker.

In other words, absolutely f-ing nothing.

I asked "how do I know if my vote was recorded properly and that I voted for the right person and they basically shrugged their shoulders. My friend had the same experience.

we get a cheap ass sticker that says " I voted".

Nothing else.

Voted on electronic machine. Did not get a receipt. Machine does not have a paper trial. But since this is TX, I guess no one cares.

so there is at least an actual paper ballot, but I don't have any idea if the machine read my ballot correctly. I can only hope that the voting tabulators are better than the ones that graded our tests in high school and college. :/

So we have to "trust" that the votes will be electronically tabulated correctly. I have no faith in that. I know how easy they are to hack.

RussBLib

Good only knows, but maybe TX has been blue all this time?

which is why we have our eyes on the polling places.

That's it.

so I have NO idea after I fed it to the machine.