We're talking about trillions of dollars that influence the election process every four years and politicians who will do anything to control this thing and divert a good deal of it into their own pockets and into the pockets of their backers. You can only believe that corruption is happening, just as it's always happened, with ballot box stuffing, and Cook County and Tammany Hall. Many people remember the famous Ballot Box 13 that got Lyndon Johnson elected to the Senate. Crooked elections are part of our heritage. But with verified computer elections, this doesn't have to happen anymore.
Technology can save the people but only if they learn how to use it.
Please explain your concept of verified computer voting. There is the same number printed on both the original and the carbon copy. He marks his ballot or punches his hole in his ballot or does whatever he does, with a ballpoint pen or a punch or whatever. At the end of the voting day, the computer prints out the vote of every person who has voted and prints out this unique number so that the holder of the number can verify that his vote has been counted accurately. He can count the votes.