Wow CF. We only see what they report on the news. When was the last time they did a census? It is mandatory here every so many years.
We get a card in the mail with your name and address on it and you take that to the voting location and put your "X" on the paper they give you then that paper is entered into a machine and the vote is counted. We can also go to an advanced voting location as well. Sounds like our two systems are relatively the same but we only have 38 million people where the U.S. has 300+ millions so naturally there will be some screw ups and of course there are also people who will try and tilt the vote.