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Here in Virginia, I guess there's not a way for me to verify my vote from this morning. I bitched about it to the lady at the station, too. Basically, I fill in bubbles on a paper sheet with a pen, then that gets fed through a scanning machine. All that I can see from there is a number tick up by one to see that my vote "counted". No confirmation or receipt available of my ballot values/choices.
What they need is a paper receipt printed with a serial number that has the ballot choices itemized. From that point afterward, anyone can lookup any serial number (think the tracking numbers on a USPS priority mail receipt) on a centralized website that has every single vote value with corresponding serial number tallied in a giant list. That way, every single person can check the votes, and check their own serial number for accuracy.
eta: I suggest this because "don't worry, your vote counted." means jack shit to me.
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One of the extra concerns when implementing a voting system would be a country where you could be shot for voting for the "wrong" candidate. If you had a piece of paper that showed your vote, someone could make you show it at gunpoint and you could be executed for it.
Some electronic voting systems in use in the US do create a paper summary "receipt" of your votes, and you can visually verify it counted them correctly, then you put that paper receipt in a container at the polling place. The electronic votes can later be compared to the paper receipts in the event of a dispute, but you still get the instant numbers back from the electronic system.
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Oh boo hoo, Hillary supporters in NYC are crying ...
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Looks like Reid successfully stole Nevada for Hellary.
