Check for yourself that your vote was recorded and counted correctly, without giving up your privacy.
Learn more →…from the time we pull the lever, press the button, or insert the ballot, to the time it's counted. We have the technology.
We should be able to count all the votes ourselves, and still keep every voter anonymous.
Vote Word is one way to do this.
Voting looks exactly the same as it does today, with one small difference. When you finish, the voting machine's screen says:
You sign in and step into the booth as usual. The machine has no idea who is pressing the buttons.
The machine records your Vote Word with your ballot. No one else at your polling place gets that word, and no one knows which word is yours.
After the votes are counted, every ballot from your polling place is posted online, listed alphabetically by Vote Word. Find “pizza” and confirm your choices were recorded correctly.
Because every ballot is public but anonymous, anyone can tally the results themselves, and check again if there's a recount.