Every voter should receive a receipt

AuburnTiger

A paper receipt with a number that can later be verified to make sure that his or her vote was counted, and not lost or misread.

I've wondered since 2000 why we can't do this. If our entire banking system is basically electronic, held by computers all across the world, why can't we do the same with voting? Why do we continue to rely on archaic voting practices prone to error and manipulation?

This article brought the issue to mind again this morning:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/us/politics/29anxiety.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

Synthetic Orange

Okay.

Air

and then they throw all the ballots in a large barrel and pick one out and whoever has the matching receipt wins a meat platter

Ruckus

Air wrote: »

and then they throw all the ballots in a large barrel and pick one out and whoever has the matching receipt wins a meat platter

Make it a Cheese and Meat platter and I'm in.

lostwords

is there cheese with the meat platter? this is very important if i'm to support this idea

EDIT: dangit ruckus

Futore

if you think that just because a receipt is in the transaction, something won't be lost or fucked up or mischarged, then you have never worked in a restaurant

fadingathedges

Also, on meat platters it's better when the meats are presented in little rolls so you can just pick them up and they are ready to go into your face.

sdrawkcaB emaN

Storing votes entirely electronically would be moronic, even with receipts

paper ballots with optical scanners is the method that makes the most sense

also politics thread :arrow:

lostwords

sometimes, i'll buy a party platter of meats and cheeses from the grocery store, as well as a box of classy crackers, and just go to town on it by my lonesome.

i'm so fat

AuburnTiger

I have worked in a restaurant. And I think it's a much needed step to hold those who count the votes more accountable.

Ruckus

fadingathedges wrote: »

Also, on meat platters it's better when the meats are presented in little rolls so you can just pick them up and they are ready to go into your face.

Yes! Deli meats layed out flat are such a pain in the ass.

The Cheese should be cubed, and there should be at least 4 types. Toothpics should be available.

AuburnTiger

sdrawkcaB emaN wrote: »

Storing votes entirely electronically would be moronic, even with receipts

paper ballots with optical scanners is the method that makes the most sense

also politics thread :arrow:

OK, but how do I now my vote is counted? That's the fundamental issue here. Every time I vote I leave wondering if it's even going to be counted.

beavotron

fadingathedges wrote: »

Also, on meat platters it's better when the meats are presented in little rolls so you can just pick them up and they are ready to go into your face.

yes!
i agree, meat tastes better in roll form

...


:winky:???

sdrawkcaB emaN

AuburnTiger wrote: »

I have worked in a restaurant. And I think it's a much needed step to hold those who count the votes more accountable.

i want to put my poop inside you

GRMike

The receipt system is for electronic voting is it not? In Florida in 2000 they used punch cards.

beavotron

lostwords wrote: »

sometimes, i'll buy a party platter of meats and cheeses from the grocery store, as well as a box of classy crackers, and just go to town on it by my lonesome.

i'm so fat

i have been known to buy a loaf of french bread and a container of cream cheese and just kinda go at it.

not the light shit either
nothing is worse than light cream cheese.

come to think of it, light consumables in general are awful.

Stale

pssssssst...... you wanna know a secret?

Voting doesn't matter, all of this shit is bought and paid for long before you waddle your ass into a booth. Give it up.

sdrawkcaB emaN

sdrawkcaB emaN wrote: »

AuburnTiger wrote: »

I have worked in a restaurant. And I think it's a much needed step to hold those who count the votes more accountable.

i want to put my poop inside you

this is an expression of displeasure, by the way

I just realized that it might be hard to tell

sdrawkcaB emaN

Stale wrote: »

pssssssst...... you wanna know a secret?

Voting doesn't matter, all of this shit is bought and paid for long before you waddle your ass into a booth. Give it up.

ronpaul 2012

beavotron

Stale wrote: »

pssssssst...... you wanna know a secret?

Voting doesn't matter, all of this shit is bought and paid for long before you waddle your ass into a booth. Give it up.

like boxing
boy i told you to take the fall, now take the damn fall!

that's how daredevil's dad died.

AuburnTiger

sdrawkcaB emaN wrote: »

sdrawkcaB emaN wrote: »

AuburnTiger wrote: »

I have worked in a restaurant. And I think it's a much needed step to hold those who count the votes more accountable.

i want to put my poop inside you

this is an expression of displeasure, by the way

I just realized that it might be hard to tell

I really don't know what you're talking about. But I don't want to be near you when you "poop."

Ruckus

sdrawkcaB emaN wrote: »

sdrawkcaB emaN wrote: »

AuburnTiger wrote: »

I have worked in a restaurant. And I think it's a much needed step to hold those who count the votes more accountable.

i want to put my poop inside you

this is an expression of displeasure, by the way

I just realized that it might be hard to tell

Yes, thankyou internet.

Fandyien

guys i just found out my journalism class is going on some kind of gay field trip in like 45 minutes.

do i get hella toasted beforehand y/n

GRMike

sdrawkcaB emaN wrote: »

Stale wrote: »

pssssssst...... you wanna know a secret?

Voting doesn't matter, all of this shit is bought and paid for long before you waddle your ass into a booth. Give it up.

ronpaul 2012

Ron Paul has delivered 2.3 million babies. Fact.

beavotron

Fandyien wrote: »

guys i just found out my journalism class is going on some kind of gay field trip in like 45 minutes.

do i get hella toasted beforehand y/n

yes
then when you're on the field trip, scream "what a scoop!" and jot stuff down or take a picture with an old timey camera

Air

everytime i vote i leave wondering if someone is gonna come track me down and scold me for not taking it seriously

goddamn compulsory voting is the shittiest bullshit

Stale

sdrawkcaB emaN wrote: »

Stale wrote: »

pssssssst...... you wanna know a secret?

Voting doesn't matter, all of this shit is bought and paid for long before you waddle your ass into a booth. Give it up.

ronpaul 2012

DogandPonyShow .... 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 ...

lostwords

beavotron wrote: »

lostwords wrote: »

sometimes, i'll buy a party platter of meats and cheeses from the grocery store, as well as a box of classy crackers, and just go to town on it by my lonesome.

i'm so fat

i have been known to buy a loaf of french bread and a container of cream cheese and just kinda go at it.

not the light shit either
nothing is worse than light cream cheese.

come to think of it, light consumables in general are awful.

the only "lite" type food items i buy are 2% milk, because ugh whole milk, and splenda. everything else, fatty version please

Ruckus

lostwords wrote: »

beavotron wrote: »

lostwords wrote: »

sometimes, i'll buy a party platter of meats and cheeses from the grocery store, as well as a box of classy crackers, and just go to town on it by my lonesome.

i'm so fat

i have been known to buy a loaf of french bread and a container of cream cheese and just kinda go at it.

not the light shit either
nothing is worse than light cream cheese.

come to think of it, light consumables in general are awful.

the only "lite" type food items i buy are 2% milk, because ugh whole milk, and splenda. everything else, fatty version please

2% is Normal milk. 1% is Lite. Skim is Horrible.

Seph

I agree with Stale >.>

Mysst

beavotron wrote: »

Stale wrote: »

pssssssst...... you wanna know a secret?

Voting doesn't matter, all of this shit is bought and paid for long before you waddle your ass into a booth. Give it up.

like boxing
boy i told you to take the fall, now take the damn fall!

that's how daredevil's dad died.

pfffttttttthahahahahahahaa

Stale

I drink whole milk

Hell sometimes I drink heavy cream



Every now and then I just suck directly from the teat

fadingathedges

Stale wrote: »

Voting doesn't matter, all of this shit is bought and paid for long before you waddle your ass into a booth. Give it up.

Diebold Accidentally Leaks Results Of 2008 Election Early

(wonderful Onion vidja link)


ps yeah, Political Thread? Some fag will probably lock this soon.

Meissnerd

aw man stale do you really not believe in the power of voting

Futore

Stale wrote: »

pssssssst...... you wanna know a secret?

Voting doesn't matter, all of this shit is bought and paid for long before you waddle your ass into a booth. Give it up.

This is one of the reasons I roll my eyes at all the people who push and push and push about voting Obama or McCain. Yeah it's good that you vote and show your support, but you live in a republic a.k.a. a representative democracy. Your presendential votes don't really matter.

If you want to make a difference: learn the state and local stuff, vote in state and local elections, tell people to do the same.

Fandyien

beavotron wrote: »

Fandyien wrote: »

guys i just found out my journalism class is going on some kind of gay field trip in like 45 minutes.

do i get hella toasted beforehand y/n

yes
then when you're on the field trip, scream "what a scoop!" and jot stuff down or take a picture with an old timey camera

oh my god i want to wear a fedora and carry a flashbulb

then if i see police officers i will yell "CHEESE IT"

Seph

I only drink skim milk. It stays colder longer and I don't like thick white liquid sloshing around in my mouth it would probably fall out and dribble all over me and stain my pants

Meissnerd

oh right electoral colleges

forgot you guys used those

lostwords

Stale wrote: »

I drink whole milk

Hell sometimes I drink heavy cream



Every now and then I just suck directly from the teat

yeah, but do you eat sour cream like gogurt?

8-)

Air

everytime i vote i leave wondering if someone is gonna come track me down and scold me for not taking it seriously

goddamn compulsory voting is the shittiest bullshit

Fandyien

i hate milk but for some reason think chocolate milk is delicious