>>Here's an idea.. Vote electronically and spit out two receipts; one for the voter and one to turn in. Get as long as you like in the booth and once you confirm (2-3 times?) and make your vote permanant you're done. You then have a receipt and so do the local officials. Any questions and you can compare the papers. Problems equal immediate and automatic non-count until resolved.
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>>What do you think?
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>I just don't see the need for a receipt. I also certainly don't want to be giving any kind of paper with my votes recorded on it to anyone. Secret ballot, remember?
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>FWIW, both kinds of machines have a visible counter that shows the number of voters that have been through. So, you can confirm that votes are being counted as the day goes on. You just don't know what they are.
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>Tamar

Tamar,

I certainly understand your concerns. I don't know about your area but it is possible in most cases to find who voted for whom. We write the ballot number next to our names here for example.

Perhaps someone could devise a method of printing this receipt without disclosing the person's name. Say a unique number for example.

The idea is to provide cross checking..