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That's cute. I'll post the same thing I post every time some non-US reader mentions how _their_ polity votes just fine with paper. The last time I voted, I ha
by coredog64 10y ago
That's cute. I'll post the same thing I post every time some non-US reader mentions how _their_ polity votes just fine with paper.
The last time I voted, I had a scantron ballot that was maybe A3 in size and needed filling both front and back. I'm probably forgetting a few offices, but I was voting for:
* President
* Federal Senator
* Federal House representative
* State Governor
* State Secretary of State
* State Senator
* State House representative
* Mayor
* City Council (slate)
* Sheriff
* State corporation commission (slate)
* Judges (slate)
* 5 or 6 ballot initiatives
* 1 or 2 local initiatives (i.e. school funding bond overrides or the like)
- pjc50 10y agoHow frequently do you get a ballot that size? Are they all on four or two year terms?
- maxerickson 10y agoAre you highlighting a problem or verifying that a paper ballot worked fine? 18 US states currently do use paper ballots. https://ballotpedia.org/Voting_equipment_by_state https://ballotpedia.org/Voting_equipment_by_state
- specialist 10y agoPrecincts are the smallest political jurisdiction. With poll sites, each precinct's election is administered independently. That's how paper scales. How large is your precinct? Probably somewhere between 0 and 1000. Totally manageable.
- AnimalMuppet 10y agoAnd how large is your state? 1000 precincts? So you have to add up 1000 numbers (times number of candidates). Also totally manageable.