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No they can not. I put my ballot in a locked box filled with other ballots. It's not like I hand my ballot to a person and ask them to please record my vote.

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A locked box that is counted by who exactly and then those figures are sent were and verified by who?

Local community members with representatives from all major parties present usually.

The answers to all these questions are known and public when I vote. I know who counts them, where the figures are sent and who verifies them.

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