Letter: Anonymous ballot tracking needed

I canceled my voter registration this year. I won't vote again until there's an anonymous ballot tracking system, in which I can verify the candidates I voted for actually had my votes counted.

If I ask someone to prove they voted, they point to a "I voted today" sticker like a child. Imagine if packaged delivery operated on the "honor system" like our Republic election vote counting system does.

Voting without a ballot tracking system is the equivalent of shipping a package without any tracking. It's a loss for all parties. I can't verify the candidates I voted for got my vote and the candidates can't verify they had all their votes counted. I want to be able to open a election verification app, find a candidate I voted for, enter the anonymous ballot tracking number and find it cross checks. Thirty years after ballot tracking starts, we will be able to enter any of our tracking numbers and see our anonymous ballot and who we voted for.

I think our election system — federal, state, county, city — is as fraudulent as the elections in Ukraine in 2014 and like a recipient without a tracking number, they can't prove otherwise.

Gary Fender 2, Bedford

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