It's local volunteers counting their local votes and the public is welcome to witness it (if they manage to behave and not try to disrupt the count).
Until the proceedings are done the ballots do not move more than a few meters from where they were distributed and filled out.
Switzerland regularly manages large referendums on paper just fine and AFAIK they use a similar system.
But then these countries all vote on Sundays and with a sufficient number of polling stations (and higher voter turnout) so it usually takes no more than a few minutes.
The US has some serious operational problems regarding it's election system even before talking about the political side.
It's local volunteers counting their local votes and the public is welcome to witness it (if they manage to behave and not try to disrupt the count).
Until the proceedings are done the ballots do not move more than a few meters from where they were distributed and filled out.
Switzerland regularly manages large referendums on paper just fine and AFAIK they use a similar system.
But then these countries all vote on Sundays and with a sufficient number of polling stations (and higher voter turnout) so it usually takes no more than a few minutes.
The US has some serious operational problems regarding it's election system even before talking about the political side.