One way to counteract the vote tampering in the 2012 election is to have a "people's vote"

[kimbutgar]

In those voting areas where the voting is on electronic voting machines we should have a "people's vote" outside the voting where people fill out a paper ballot with their Presidential choice, Senate choice and House of Rep choice. Then put in a box and later on line via Ustream count the votes. If they (the repubs) try to flip the vote we will have the evidence of the "people's vote". This can done cheaply and all it takes is some voting rights activists to pull it off. It can be officially the 25-50 feet away from the actual polling place. But we can give slips to people as they are going in and ask them to drop off their "people's vote" after they made their "government" vote. Since it is on a public sidewalk the police can not do anything especially if the "true the vote" goons are there with their signs.

[bkkyosemite]

1. You know I have thought of the same thing

If only that could be arranged and happen. Just a piece of paper with the boxes for President and Senator and Congressman and you just check it as you leave the way you voted inside. That would stop those in their tracks from doing this again which is my fear. Thank you for saying it.

[Indydem]

2. Really?

What world do you people live in?

Besides the fact that vote tampering is as much a load of horse manure as voter fraud, who has another 5 minutes to spend filling out your meaningless little paper ballot?

No one.

[kimbutgar]

4. Yes, those non-paper trail voting machines can be hacked.

Brad Blog has an article from USA Today talking about how the votes can be hacked

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9571

You should visit this site and check out his reporting about how the votes can be changed via transmission.

Also another website called black box voting

http://www.blackboxvoting.org/

There is a lot of documentation. And hacking is not horse manure but something that is a danger to our democracy.

[loli phabay]

5. plus how are you going to get everyone to do it

Who pays attention to the people outside voting areas anyway. Most people are just trying to vote and get home.

[LynneSin]

3. What guarentees do we have that a person would vote the same way.

The solution is a receipt. I know the biggest issue with the Diebold machines was a lack of receipt anywhere. There should be something in the electronic voting machines that track all the votes on it so IF there is a dispute you can go back to the tape.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

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