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The article mentions the paper trail backup. Good luck with that. Given our experience with Florida in the 2000 presidential election, who would be willing
by PopePompus 7y ago
The article mentions the paper trail backup. Good luck with that. Given our experience with Florida in the 2000 presidential election, who would be willing to bet that the paper ballot results would agree with the head count results? I was at one of the caucuses - there were two paper ballot rounds and three head counts (done by people counting themselves, supervised by staffers for the various candidates). 626 people attended my caucus. I'm sure none of them were in the bathroom during one of the three head counts over the course of a couple hours; that just couldn't happen.
The paper ballots required attendees to fill in the full name of their preferred candidate (plus a second choice), as well as their own name and address. Considering the fact that people cannot be counted on to fill in a circle or punch a hole in a piece of paper with 100% accuracy, how likely is it that multiple lines of text can be written on a card correctly and legibly?. If they actually fall back on the paper ballots, I predict all hope of a clear result will be lost.
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