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In reply to the discussion: This election has changed my mind completely. [View all]The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,280 posts)11. Depends on how the state tracks them. They can't tell you whether
your vote went to a particular candidate because the ballots are anonymous by the time they get to the tabulator, but they should be able to tell you whether it was accepted (not just physically received) and counted.
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It's in the vote counting machine programming. That's what nobody is allowed to
BComplex
Nov 2020
#23
yes, there actually is, both my other nations use it to great effect, all paper ballots,hand counted
Celerity
Nov 2020
#32
I voted absentee only because of covid, will go back to the old way
The Velveteen Ocelot
Nov 2020
#2
But the people in charge of programming the central tabulators can change votes
BComplex
Nov 2020
#24
Because they can't hack into enough machines to overcome the mail-in ballots?
crimycarny
Nov 2020
#21
I'm on the "vote by mail" list, but I hand-delivered my ballot. It was verified two-days later.
sweetloukillbot
Nov 2020
#7
I totally agree. Paper ballots, fine if machines count them the first time, but they all need to be
BComplex
Nov 2020
#31
If you buy into a vote hacking conspiracy theory, your election day ballot is just as vulnerable.
brooklynite
Nov 2020
#37
Then what...quickly change it back for a Republican voter, then back for a Dem voter?
Bengus81
Nov 2020
#46
You have no evidence that early voting was tampered with. Stop scaring people.
brooklynite
Nov 2020
#35