Re: The position of the constitutional court of Germany is worthy of note
That's the way it used to be.. three election officials: 1 "neutral" and 1 from each party plus county/state employees. It was rife with fraud. The average person couldn't check for fraud by themselves as the counts were done usually in a back room.
The current method involves checking the counters before the voting starts. Checking the counters periodically during the day to make sure the total votes equal the number of voters through the door, and then again after the polls close.
Is it a good system? I'm not sure any system is "good". Other manufacturers of voting systems have lost their shirts when the equipment was tossed out. Diebold comes to mind. They may be still in it but they have had a ton of problems. Equipment not being secure, reboot buttons open to abuse, multiple votes being able to be cast by one voter.
But, still using XP boxes, pporly managed devices and methods are just plain stupid.