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No need to hypothesize about how it would work. Australia uses pen and paper for elections. It works fine.

• rmccue 3y ago
  And with more complex ballots with preferential numbering. (Aside: it’s actually pencil and paper since pencils are more reliable. https://www.aec.gov.au/faqs/polling-place.htm#pencils https://www.aec.gov.au/faqs/polling-place.htm#pencils)
  • tivert 3y ago
    > (Aside: it’s actually pencil and paper since pencils are more reliable. https://www.aec.gov.au/faqs/polling-place.htm#pencils https://www.aec.gov.au/faqs/polling-place.htm#pencils) In some ways, but the ability to erase a pencil mark is a huge issue with ballots. IMHO, pens with tamper resistant ink, plus a process for making an exchange for a new ballot paper in case of a marking error, is a much better choice.
    • b112 3y ago
      Canada uses pencil too. Erasing ballots and remarking them is never an issue, why would it be? The security is in how ballots are treated, how they are monitored and handled, not how they are marked. It's never a problem that they are in pencil. Ever. If someone has an opportunity to monkey with the ballots? The system has already failed. As I said in another post, if you think you found a hole, it's because you didn't research what's actuallly happening.