Elections in Germany - absence of voter caging,manipulated machines,disenfrachisement

[Akka]

You really are bad at irony aren't you.

Not half as bad as you are at understanding a point.
When you don't even get the argument that a paper system is good because it's a very simple system that allows anyone to check if things are done properly, I'm afraid that trying to be subtle will be somehow lost.

 

[Terxpahseyton]

No idea if a mod bothers to show up, but this flaming got a little too far IMO, so I reported.

 

[Bootstoots]

Why not use electronic voting machines that also print a paper ballot, or at least a printout of its own results after voting ends? Then there's electronic counting for less labor, but also paper trail should a recount be necessary.

 

[Arwon]

I didn't know you could vote an entire hit-list of candidates. I wonder if that system yields different results than our 2 vote system.

The big one is the Senate ballot, where we elect 6 members per state each election. And yes, those preference flows are important for the last couple of seats in each state.

In practice, most people number one box "above the line" which leads to a default allocation of preferences. Voting below the line lets you choose your own preference order instead.