Provisional Ballots or Votes?  Just what are they, anyway?
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Provisional ballots are given to those who claimed to have registered to vote, but for some reason do not appear on the poll books. For example, say a person registers to vote at the DMV (Dept. of Motor Vehicles) and the application never gets processed because it didn't make it from the DMV to the election office. The person may then show up on election day thinking that they are registered. The poll worker has no record of them being registered so the voter is given a provisional (paper) ballot and the election office will then have the DMV check their records to see if the person did actually register at their office. \nIf it is determined that the person did attempt to register then their ballot will be counted, if no record is found then the ballot is dismissed. A letter will be sent to the voter letting them know whether or not the ballot was counted.
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Here in India we have EVMs, the electronic voting machines which have been used successfully in several general elections.\n\nThe voter has option to vote in by pressing one of  several buttons meant for different candidates. After each press of botton the machine gets locked which can be operated again by the presiding officer to be used for the next voter.\n\nAfter the voting is complete the EVMs are sealed in a particular manner and sent to a dsignated place wich is protected by the administration till the counting is done.\n\nOn a designated date the machines are brought and the seal is opened before the designated political agents of different parties.\n\nThe macine shows all the votes which wrere given to each  candidate.And after collecting information from all centres a candidate who gets most number of the votes, is declared winner.
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Voting & a paper trail is all good but for total verification we will need to eliminate all secretcy retain a genuine ballot leaving the polls! Publically post this same exact copy on your county website! Plus be able trace anyone's accountability when transmitted numerically open to the public no hiding in secret! So like how you manage a bank account you can moniter all functions through every level of accountability! People against this don't like it cause cheating is easier carried out from the start if you have no means of verification! Having everything accessable to all is to keep it all honest & put more responsability on the individual to tract his or her vote from start to finish ending in the numeric statistics etc. If it can not be resolved soon i would support the revolution hopefully to inact a true Democracy with complete rule & control by the legal majority of citizens!
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They use what are called "exit polls" as people are leaving the voting place. Reporters ask people how they voted. It's that simple.     They  can also sometimes get the information as the polls close from poll workers, then phone it in or email it to their office as soon as they get it.
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I do. Electronic voting is a crock.  It should be illegal.  There is no way to truly verify that votes are genuinely counted without a paper backup.  Anything can happen in that computer.  And computers can be easily hacked.  Officials who install electronic voting should be sacked.
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Depends--What's your idea of "real democracy"?  Is it where citizens vote for who they want to lead them?  Is so, then I seem to recall a few newspapers might have had a FRIGGIN HUGE PURPLE-INKED THUMB ON THEIR FRONT PAGES after elections in Iraq.  I'm not really sure what that means, though.  Maybe it's just a secret club or something.
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You can have an issue placed on a ballot, and voted on in the community.  You need to get enough signatures, it varies from place to place.  You can put just about anything on the ballot, like, say, you don't want people to wear orange shirts on Tuesdays.  It costs money though, and lots of time, so generally only serious concerns get on ballots.
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In comparison to what? Being a permanent resident? You can vote, that's about it.
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peole who take polls (what they voted for) from people after they vote.\n\nIt is a way of getting an idea of the outcome before the votes are tallied.  Some think they should not be allowed to do this, because a persons vote is private, and even though you don't have to answer them, some may say they can intimidate people.
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A combination. There are as many motivations for voting a certain way as there are people voting. Maybe more.
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These codes relate to the four methods of rejected ballots. These methods are:\n\nRejected for want of offical mark\nRejected for voting for more candidates than allowed\nRejected for identifying marks\nRejected for uncertainy
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it depends upon what you need votes for....
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You have a near fatal car accident on the way to the polling booth. Not much else is a good enough reason. If you are away you can do your ballot by postal vote. Unless there is a compelling reason on the day then you should have enough warning to do something about it. Otherwise they will not accept a non-vote and you will get a fine.
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I was wondering if voting absentee is not a better route since these voting machines are so unreliable. I don't know. I sure liked tossing a folded envelope inside a box.
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Its where you vote by mail, so you don't have to go to the polling place.  You have to ask for an absentee ballot, and they mail you one.  You fill it out and mail it back.\n\nYou can get an absentee ballot if you think you might be away, or you're to sick to go to the polls, any kind of reason really.
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right now it seems, none of us... for instance in Florida, we have new computerized voting machines with NO paper trail.  why?  when you purchase something at a store don't you want a receipt?  but for an election there is no proof that i even voted.  wake up america.
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The most important benefactor to the voting process is the person doing the voting. There is a disconnect between those who don't vote and the society around themselves. It's a symptom of diminished self-image ..... ie., "My voice isn't important enough to count," vs. "Even if my voice isn't heard by the masses, I'll speak up." As for me, I hate politics, but I love our system. I don't believe in being a victim by default. Hey look, I spoke up. Does this count as a vote?