> In the US, it's very common to have 10s of contests on a ballot, and it's much more efficient to count via optical scan. Then hire 100x the number of poll wo

> In the US, it's very common to have 10s of contests on a ballot, and it's much more efficient to count via optical scan. Then hire 100x the number of poll workers as are needed in other countries. The cost is still trivial relative to the importance.