Perhaps having automated tasks be a single check box "Has this task been performed?".
For example, instead of having a check for whether braces are in the correct spot, have a check for whether 'astyle' or a similar code formatter has been run.
That can work, but ideally, a CI server would actually run all of those, leaving only a handful of things that require human judgment in the checklist.
For example, instead of having a check for whether braces are in the correct spot, have a check for whether 'astyle' or a similar code formatter has been run.