Publish the Poll Tapes

(Part 1 of a 3-part series) If we are worried that hacked (or unintentionally misconfigured) voting systems might incorrectly count the ballots, there are three parts to the voting system that we should worry about: The voting machines, such as optical scanners that tabulate the ballots. Upon the close of the polls, they write the totals for each candidate onto a removable media (such as a USB drive) and also print them onto a “poll tape” (like a cash register tape). Transport of the results to ...