Abstract: An election apparatus for voter certification, validation and verification of voting, providing a voting device for receiving from a voter a vote for at least one ballot selection in an election and a generator that provides a voter validation receipt bearing a voter validation number containing indicia of the voter and a report of the voting by the voter. An accessor responsive to the voter validation number enables the voter to validate the vote by comparing a report of the vote with an election result tabulated by a vote tabulation center. An election method is disclosed for voters to certify, validate, and verify votes tabulated by a vote tabulation center.