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bearsfootball516

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2. We have those in Elkhart County, Indiana

Reply to Chin music (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 11, 2019, 10:13 PM

Jun 2019

You vote electronically and it spits out your ballot with all the choices marked. You then put that ballot in an electronic vote counter, and the ballot falls into a lockbox which can be accessed for manual paper recounts if needed.

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In response to story about voting machines, Kamala Harris calls for hand-marked paper ballots [View all] bearsfootball516 Jun 2019 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2019 #1

We have those in Elkhart County, Indiana bearsfootball516 Jun 2019 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2019 #3

Why can't the vote counter be rigged? watoos Jun 2019 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2019 #5

Ask your County Clerk Recorder or County Elections Office how it is done where you are... Hekate Jun 2019 #7

That's what we use in WA. And we can go online and make sure our ballots were checked in pnwmom Jun 2019 #8

The real problem is when county results are zapped thru the ether to an unsecured computer... Hekate Jun 2019 #6

Yes -- it takes longer with paper ballots but I'd rather get it right, even if it takes longer. n/t pnwmom Jun 2019 #9