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Bluenorthwest

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42. Not really accurate. E voting machines started coming in before 2000, and the first

Thu Oct 25, 2012, 09:42 AM

Oct 2012

video voter machine (that's what they called it) was around 1976. Used in an election at that time. Riverside County CA was the first county wide use of DRE machines and that was done for the 2000 election. So they were not only born before 2000, their use was being implimented prior to 2000 and in 2000, hundreds of thousands of Americans voted on those machines.....
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Why did we do away with paper ballots? [View all] Binders Keepers Oct 2012 OP

We still have them LuckyStrykes Oct 2012 #1

Yep. charlyvi Oct 2012 #7

Threw me for a loop, too. LuckyStrykes Oct 2012 #10

And in Iowa. We have paper ballots. Skidmore Oct 2012 #40

dems and repubs selling out to corporations in return for "donations"? nt msongs Oct 2012 #2

Why did we do away with punch cards? DCBob Oct 2012 #3

Paper ballots are the law here in Wisconsin. PeaceNikki Oct 2012 #4

Then sadly fed into a scanner that records your vote exactly as the manufacturer instructed. Scuba Oct 2012 #23

but at least you have the ability to do an actual recount. stlsaxman Oct 2012 #26

Cause progress is better, don'tcha know? justiceischeap Oct 2012 #5

Hanging chads. milestogo Oct 2012 #6

The people who make machines that tally votes of course... n/t PoliticAverse Oct 2012 #8

I think the best thing is a scanable paper ballot. Gidney N Cloyd Oct 2012 #9

And by the way, I DO mean mandatory hand count. Gidney N Cloyd Oct 2012 #11

There is no reason for a scanner. Just count them. Fast is mainingless, accurate is mandatory. Scuba Oct 2012 #24

There's no reason NOT to scan them, though, if there's a mandatory handcount immediately after. Gidney N Cloyd Oct 2012 #27

Disagree. Announcing a "winner" before any official result (handcount) just sets us up for trouble. Scuba Oct 2012 #33

Double checking marions ghost Oct 2012 #28

a must read; The Best Democracy Money Can Buy upi402 Oct 2012 #12

Ohioan here - voted on a paper ballot last week. CitizenLeft Oct 2012 #13

31 states have Legislation / Regulation Requiring Paper Ballots PeaceNikki Oct 2012 #14

I just voted on paper Iwasthere Oct 2012 #15

One way they sold this to the public was "speed in reporting results". napi21 Oct 2012 #16

We still have them - they are cardboard really. Optical scanner reads them. geckosfeet Oct 2012 #17

Calif. absentee voter, partially because then you vote on a paper ballot, not on a black box Piedras Oct 2012 #18

Arizona...we have them. StarryNite Oct 2012 #19

Too much "democracy" is a trick for killing true democracy ProgressiveEconomist Oct 2012 #20

I work at my local polls here in California Mr.Bill Oct 2012 #21

Still have em in Oregon, condoleeza Oct 2012 #22

Too hard to rig.... Junkdrawer Oct 2012 #25

I don't know, why did you do away with your paper ballots? We use them in Oregon Bluenorthwest Oct 2012 #29

Remember the hanging chads? lunatica Oct 2012 #30

Not really accurate. E voting machines started coming in before 2000, and the first Bluenorthwest Oct 2012 #42

Cost oldhippie Oct 2012 #31

Because protests would be met with, "You're old, and change is scary." WinkyDink Oct 2012 #32

Actually, cheating with paper ballots is just as possible. mucifer Oct 2012 #34

Any system can be cheated, but 'just as possible' is simply not the case. Bluenorthwest Oct 2012 #43

We have paper ballots in NC. mnhtnbb Oct 2012 #35

Minnesota still uses paper ballots, MineralMan Oct 2012 #36

I started voting in the late 70s and we always had mechanical voting machines. FSogol Oct 2012 #37

Here in CT we have them. They are large cards that are put through a scanner but they have CTyankee Oct 2012 #38

Everything had to be computerized treestar Oct 2012 #39

"Knucklehead"-I don't think so. It was done to make it easier to steal an election. hobbit709 Oct 2012 #41

could be ballet box stuffing? ThomThom Oct 2012 #44