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Sun Feb 19, 2012, 04:46 PM

Gidney N Cloyd (10,452 posts)

1. I have never heard a good argument against paper ballots.

If we're so desperate for instant gratification then fine, go ahead and scan them to get the "first draft" count but then immediately at closing begin the official public hand count.

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11 replies	Author	Time	Post
"For those who don't understand how fully observable, precinct-based, Election Night hand-counting [View all]	midnight	Feb 2012	OP
I have never heard a good argument against paper ballots.	Gidney N Cloyd	Feb 2012	#1
It would be ideal, but the logistics could be a problem	dragonlady	Feb 2012	#2
Logistics would only really be a problem to	annabanana	Feb 2012	#3
Exactly...	midnight	Feb 2012	#11
Only 20?	Igel	Feb 2012	#4
Canada counts every election by hand, on paper ballots, within a few days.	byronius	Feb 2012	#5
that's why the poster upthread stated we need the "bubble sheet" voting method...	mwooldri	Feb 2012	#7
I see your point... However, the problems from not counting by hand seem	midnight	Feb 2012	#9
Computer generated paper ballots	zipplewrath	Feb 2012	#6
The government should build	Politicalboi	Feb 2012	#8
Counting heads coming in and making sure they match the no. of votes is good and could be verified	midnight	Feb 2012	#10

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