I've been an "Election Judge" twice in Chicago. I administered my polling location twice. After voting ends, we physically collect the votes and transport them by our own vehicles to a polling location to be counted.
Which proves that "votes have to be transported to be counted" is not some inevitable byproduct of the paper-voting process as the parent made it sound like.
So, how many agents are we talking about here? How are they counted at the location you too them to? Two easy targets to identify.
I'm not claiming they are impossible to harden. Just not as easy as people are claiming. And super expensive. Such that if you were truly intent to defrauds place, you would focus on poor sections first.
And our best method of defense is probably our extensive polling tests nowadays. The more we have, the more corroborating evidence we have to an outcome. This protects both forms of counting.
Which proves that "votes have to be transported to be counted" is not some inevitable byproduct of the paper-voting process as the parent made it sound like.
Perhaps Chicago could adopt counting in place?