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Johnny555 • yesterday at 9:55 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

And they should use paper ballots. Use machines to tabulate, but keep paper ballots as a record and for recount.


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nemomarx • yesterday at 9:56 PM

They do here in pennsylvania, even with an electronic touchscreen. The ballot is printed and you check that it recorded your stuff correctly and then immediately put into a lockbox for tabulation later.

This seems like a fair compromise as long as the actual ballot is on paper and human readable?

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EricDeb • yesterday at 10:27 PM

Definitely. Paper trail is an absolute must. Use machines to count the paper ballots and then if anyone wants to contest the results they can pay for a 3rd party to hand count the paper ballots.

jiggawatts • yesterday at 10:39 PM

I love Americans making arguments against things like paper ballots or health care on the basis of "it's too expensive for such a large country", as-if these things aren't paid for on a per-capita basis.

Every other country, big or small, can afford to do these things.

(Meanwhile, the voting machines are more expensive!)