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W_HAMILTON

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4. Speaking of electronic voting machines...

Reply to Goodheart (Original post)

Sat Nov 16, 2019, 11:25 AM

Nov 2019

...we got these new machines this election where you vote on screen and then it prints out a long piece of white paper that shows who you voted for, which you take over to another machine and insert it and it apparently scans it in and records your vote. Does anyone know if this way of electronic voting is any more secure and reliable than the old "touchscreen only" method? The fact that there is a paper trail seems better, but it's just another step in the electronic process and I don't know if they even retain those paper records or what.

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Just voted for John Bel Edwards - ridiculously [View all] Goodheart Nov 2019 OP

paper ballots, marked by humans, guarded by humans, counted by humans Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2019 #1

Used to be that way. The opposing party doing the guarding and counting LiberalArkie Nov 2019 #3

... could be systematically discarded or destroyed frazzled Nov 2019 #6

that's a strawman Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2019 #7

Your state is a real outlier frazzled Nov 2019 #10

which state is that? Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2019 #11

The OP's state, I mean frazzled Nov 2019 #12

you said "Your" Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2019 #13

Say WHAT? Goodheart Nov 2019 #8

It looks like your vote didn't disappear frazzled Nov 2019 #20

agree evertonfc Nov 2019 #2

Speaking of electronic voting machines... W_HAMILTON Nov 2019 #4

can you see what the electrons in the scanner are doing? Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2019 #5

Making verifiably incorrect statements does not help your case. Ms. Toad Nov 2019 #15

and who will bother to ever touch the paper again? Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2019 #16

You said that it was not verifiable. It obviously is. Ms. Toad Nov 2019 #19

That's a really good way to do it, as long as the paper is counted as official and kept for audit. Goodheart Nov 2019 #9

I just voted as well, Edwards on down, skip fox Nov 2019 #14

Thanks for voting, please push democratic leaning friends and family Blue_true Nov 2019 #17

Thanks for voting. Blue_true Nov 2019 #18