Reply #4: Okay fine, but

[ramblin_dave]

what do you do to check that the counting machines work correctly? Is there some random audit or candidate requested audit? Are there manual recounts for close races?

What should happen is that there should be some audit process required by law. It should be carried out regardless of how close the races are. It should include both random selections of precincts (voting stations) and candidate requested selections. If any of these manual recounts don't match the machine counts within a prescribed margin of error then all the ballots should be manually recounted.

If you don't do this then even your system can be corrupted.