Abacusvoting is that beads are used for voting that can be put in boxes after each person votes then taken out and placed on abacuses for public oversight counting. Each bead would be the size of a pokerchip and would have one side a picture of the candidate and on the other side the candidate's name. Each bead would be colored for political party (yellow for Libertarian, green for Green, blue for Democratic, red for Republican, black for Reform, brown C for Constitution), gray for independent candidate, white for legislation with a Y for yes printed on that bead and a N for no printed on other white bead. Through the circumference of each bead would be a hole drilled for a tiny screw to be screwed into it - each screw connected to a little number flag to rank the candidate's choice in accordance with Instant Runoff Voting, or if desired multiple holes could be drilled into a beadchip for multiple rankings in accordance with Condorcet Voting. Each voter, after he/she has favored the beads & screwflags he/she wants to vote with, places those favored beads into a bag that can't be seen through (the favored bag), and then places the beads & screwflags he/she does not want into another bag that can't be seen through (the discard bag). Then, the favored bag is dropped into the abacusvoting box and the discard bag is dropped into a discard box. After all voters have dropped their favored & discarded bags, the favored bags are removed from the abacusvoting box and each bead is then placed on an abacus for counting. So what do you all think of this idea? Sincerely your friend, Chip Burcham