Here is a sample of the ballot for the Canadian election.

[Swede]

About 2 weeks before the election,paid workers knock on your door. They take the the names of everyone elegible to vote at this address. They give the address of the polling station.

On election day,you go to the polling place (usally a school). You give your address and you get sent to a desk,in a row of desks. At your desk,they ask your name, your name is then crossed off the page. You are given a pencil,you go to a booth and make an X by the person you are voting for. You fold the ballot and go back to the desk. A corner is ripped off (it has a number) the ballot is handed back to you. You put the ballot it the ballot box. The end.

[brooklynite]

1. That's the vote for Parliament...one ballot

Which elected offices are you willing to give up voting for in order to have a simplified ballot?

[eridani]

2. How nice for them. King County (WA State) has more than 1000 different ballot forms

17 state legislative districts, some of which overlap other counties, 20+ cities and towns, lots of school, fire, eater and sever districts, and parts of 4 congressional districts.

[chollybocker]

3. Clear, simple, efficient.

And imminently auditable.

Americans needs to revert to hand-marked ballots, and maybe even purple thumbs.


EDIT: I thought I might be first responder to this post, but already the paid agenda trolls beat me to it.

;) ;) ;) ;) ;)

busted

[PDJane]

4. It works.

I might point out that the voter's list is kept by Elections Canada. It works, and works reasonably well, and it's an open system with oversight every step of the way.

I like it.

I also like the fact that the election run-up period is short....generally a couple of months, NOT a few years.

[Archaic]

5. That's all fine and good

But how could ease of auditing and transparency of process possibly benefit me?

[elleng]

6. And later the ballots are counted, by hand, eh?

[Swede]

7. It takes aboot 24 hours.