Abstract: A process for creating an accurate, unambiguous, tangible physical record of the choices made by voters in an election. It includes a two-stage ballot creation process, and a “corrective feedback loop” which causes the two stages to repeat if necessary. In the first stage, a human records votes on a ballot which will be interpreted by a machine. In the second stage, the machine records votes on a ballot which will be interpreted by humans. The machine-generated ballot is always unambiguous, but it may not correctly reflect the voter's intent. If the voter rejects the machine-generated ballot, the process returns to the first stage. This loop does not terminate until an unambiguous, tangible, physical ballot has been created by the machine, and directly perceived by the voter, and approved by the voter. This ballot becomes the official record of the vote, and is preserved for use in recounts.