In an embodiment, a computer implemented method for verifying and counting a vote cast by a voter is provided. The method includes recording, by a ballot machine, the vote cast by the voter via a first I/O interface for a corresponding candidate out of a plurality of candidates. An encryption of a vote tag is generated based on a preceding tag, a unique key generated in response to initializing the ballot machine and the candidate constant assigned based on the vote cast by the voter for the corresponding candidate. The encrypted vote tag is scanned to retrieve information of the vote tag from the encrypted vote tag. A confirmation including a replication of the vote recorded at the ballot machine for the corresponding candidate, in response to scanning the encrypted vote tag is provided by the verification machine. The total number of vote tags recorded are counted to tabulate results.