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Why should you compromise on security because you're impatient? Have the voter vote on paper; since it's only two candidates, this can be postcard-sized. Scan t
by Cthulhu_ 2y ago
Why should you compromise on security because you're impatient? Have the voter vote on paper; since it's only two candidates, this can be postcard-sized. Scan the postcards for the fast results, check and double check by hand (or visual if there's a picture taken by the scanner).
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- sgerenser 2y agoThere were 22 different races to vote on in my ballot yesterday. Are you suggesting only hand count the presidential election then tally all the rest digitally?
- goodlinks 2y agoThis is so strange to me.. not complaining or criticising, just thanking you for the insight. I would expect one ballot paper per vote (based on rare occasion of doing two at once) to ensure the count is simple and accurate. They make the ballots different colours to ensure you put them in the correct boxes iirc
- chrisco255 2y agoIt wouldn't be a bad idea to break up federal, state and local elections into different ballots.
- guiambros 2y ago2 candidates for president, yes. Plus US Senate, federal congressional district, state assembly, state Senate, 7 judges, and 6 paragraph-long ballot propositions. Not only your postcard idea wouldn't work, manual counting 3 pages (!) of a giant ballot would get prone to errors and be expensive rather quickly. I think the current electronic plus storing the paper ballot for future audit if needed offers the best of both worlds.
- _heimdall 2y agoIt isn't only two candidates. In my state we have 5 presidential candidates on the ballot along with 12 other local elections and ballot measures.