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Such scanning machines save the time of people counting votes (it takes at least several hours), but you cannot know if the machine hasn't been tampered with. T
by codedokode 7y ago
Such scanning machines save the time of people counting votes (it takes at least several hours), but you cannot know if the machine hasn't been tampered with. To require re-couting the paper ballots you will need some kind of proof that the results are invalid.
- greglindahl 7y ago... you're describing the reason why people are calling for random audits of a subset of votes in every election.
- gruez 7y ago>you will need some kind of proof that the results are invalid. are discrepancies between exit polls and election result valid reason?
- ascagnel_ 7y agoExit polls are considered non-scientific for a variety of reasons. A better option is human-readable paper ballots, as you can manually compile results from batches of ballots and run stop-loss audits on them.