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All good points here, but the clarification that Snopes and everyone else is missing and not talking about are kind of important:
So really all that needs to be done is to find a large enough sample of size of consistent voters who had a flipped vote, find their forms, ensure nothing is fucky with the forms, then interview to confirm with the voter. Do that for a few thousand people in Wherever, USA and you'll have your answer.
It's not hard, it's just time consuming and costs money. Voters don't generally have a way to even check their vote was counted for all the candidates they chose in most states, which I think is fucked up, otherwise this might be a bit easier.
Ballots are anonymous, there isn't identifying information on the part put in a tabulator.
Yeah, what did you read about my post that said that was the case?
The point is you are wrong. The ballot itself is anonymous.
Again, you're missing the entire point. It's a fact, and I can't be wrong.
Edit: guy, you don't need to try and revisit all my comments and downvote. You're just wrong. Deal with it.
Is that possible in AZ? In my state the poll worker records that you appeared to vote, then gives you a generic ballot. The ballot is not tied to you. Your vote is completely secret with no way to trace it.
Some states it is not, as I mentioned.