Originally Posted by yys

What a novel idea.

Up here in Canada we use a pencil to mark an 'X' in the circle beside our choices name and slip the folded paper ballot into a sealed box; Not much room for mistakes or misunderstandings. At the close of the polls, members of the respective parties count the ballots by hand and the results are known within hours. No need for hanging chads or screwed up software; just a pencil and a paper ballot.