I agree with this article except

[kster]

it should be a clear compartmentalized box......... :hi:



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By Glenn Harlan Reynolds : BIO| 05 Nov 2002

SNIP..... Everyone, on the other hand, can make an X. Paper ballots are surprisingly resistant to fraud. Actually, it shouldnt be that surprising. A paper ballot encodes lots of useful information besides the obvious. Not only is the information about the vote contained in the form, but also information about the voter. Different colors of ink, different styles of handwriting, etc., make each ballot different. Erasing the original votes is likely to leave a detectable residue. Creating all new ballots with fraudulent votes requires substantial variation among them or the fakery is much more obvious; thats hard work. And destroying the original ballots in order to replace them with fraudulent ones isnt that easy theres a lot of paper to be disposed of, and shredding it, or burning it, or hiding it is comparatively easy to detect. (Protecting the ballots before counting doesnt require fancy encryption, either: just a steel box with a lock, a slot on the top, and a seal.)

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