example -
Do your own re-count
The election officials who design the "Check your vote here" web sites around the
country could easily design the sites so that you can download that list of how everyone
voted. Then, you can count the votes yourself! For example, let's say that your friend
lost an election to the Board of Education by only 6 votes. You might want to call all
known supporters of your friend and encourage them to check their Vote Word (you
never know!). Then, you could do your own re-count by downloading the results to a
spreadsheet.
All the power - and the responsibility - is placed in the voters' hands.
If you have any doubts whatsoever about the accuracy of electronic voting booths, if you
suspect fraud, incompetence or simple human error - then seeing your vote and
recounting every vote cast (by downloading them, as described above) means that your
vote, at least, was counted correctly and the totals are reported correctly. You can no
longer say, "I still don't trust the system" because your vote got there. If you think others
may have gotten cheated, then it's incumbent on them to check their Vote Word - just as
it's incumbent on them to vote in the first place.
