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In reply to the discussion: This election has changed my mind completely. [View all]marie999
(3,334 posts)26. Voting should be paper ballot only.
Ballots counted by machines but one at a time first shown to delegates of each party with a running total of the vote for each party. Cumbersome, but the only way to make sure count is correct.
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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