[E-voting] Question on optical scan

[Dr J Pelan]

On Thu, 20 Jan 2005, Timothy Murphy wrote:

> My own reaction to the last count I attended (at the RDS) was "This
> can't be the best way to do it", and I believe that was the reaction of
> most people there.

Consider this reaction; "This is great! I can watch the election count!" 

The misunderstanding stems from assuming the process is the counting. The
actual process is the counting *and* the people watching the counting.

--
John P.