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> My state has paper ballots that are counted electronically This is really not much better.
by dependenttypes 7y ago
> My state has paper ballots that are counted electronically
This is really not much better.
- toast0 7y agoPaper ballots counted electronically allows for a hand count. In case of close elections (as measured by the electronics) a hand count is usually required. You can (and some jurisdictions will) also do a hand count of some number of ballots to confirm the electronic count is at least plausible. Given the number of questions voters are voting on (at least in CA and WA, there's usually 30-50 things to vote on), hand counting everything would be immensely time consuming.