We've had Automated Teller Machines since the 60s. Same with Optical Scanner Voting.


How hard would it be to combine the two? Seriously.

Voter inputs their choices with electronic buttons on a screen.

Verify their choices, press Enter.

Vote gets electronically tallied instantly, while the receipt is printed.

Voter verifies printed ticket matches their choices.

Hands it, through an optical scanner, to a person who manually archives these hard copies for possible future recount.


So we get all the benefits of each technology, each balancing the other's weaknesses.

Instant tallies, with verifiable recounts available. But with an instant checksum as well...with the voter verifying between the data input and optical scanned check.