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> Identified electors cast ballots on paper counted under recorded and public observation.

You mean that the vote is tied to the voter, so everyone can tell X voted for Y? That sounds horrible.

If you mean that paper votes are simply counted under recorded observation (and observation by representatives of all parties) I would point out that didn't help in the US.

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Paper ballots weren’t cast and counted under general public observation in the US.

And I mean a ballot stub that is separated at the time it is cast is tied to a voter.

I have no idea what you mean by ballot stub, and no idea if that means that you are eliminating the secret ballot. It sounds like you want everyone to have a receipt tied to their vote, which doesn't even sound helpful.

And I have no idea in what way your system differs from the status quo in the US. Most states use paper receipts and those were recounted. All that stuff about "bamboo fibers" was because of the paper ballots.

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