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Ms. Toad

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15. Making verifiably incorrect statements does not help your case.

Reply to Hermit-The-Prog (Reply #5)

Sat Nov 16, 2019, 03:12 PM

Nov 2019

The paper ballot is fed into the machine. Therefore the paper record (which you saw, held in your hands, and had the opportunity to verify correctely reflected your voties) exists, and any vote tally reported by the electronic counting machine can be verified against the physical ballots that it counted.

You don't need to see the electrons in order to be able to verify that the count is accurate.

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Just voted for John Bel Edwards - ridiculously [View all] Goodheart Nov 2019 OP

paper ballots, marked by humans, guarded by humans, counted by humans Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2019 #1

Used to be that way. The opposing party doing the guarding and counting LiberalArkie Nov 2019 #3

... could be systematically discarded or destroyed frazzled Nov 2019 #6

that's a strawman Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2019 #7

Your state is a real outlier frazzled Nov 2019 #10

which state is that? Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2019 #11

The OP's state, I mean frazzled Nov 2019 #12

you said "Your" Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2019 #13

Say WHAT? Goodheart Nov 2019 #8

It looks like your vote didn't disappear frazzled Nov 2019 #20

agree evertonfc Nov 2019 #2

Speaking of electronic voting machines... W_HAMILTON Nov 2019 #4

can you see what the electrons in the scanner are doing? Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2019 #5

Making verifiably incorrect statements does not help your case. Ms. Toad Nov 2019 #15

and who will bother to ever touch the paper again? Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2019 #16

You said that it was not verifiable. It obviously is. Ms. Toad Nov 2019 #19

That's a really good way to do it, as long as the paper is counted as official and kept for audit. Goodheart Nov 2019 #9

I just voted as well, Edwards on down, skip fox Nov 2019 #14

Thanks for voting, please push democratic leaning friends and family Blue_true Nov 2019 #17

Thanks for voting. Blue_true Nov 2019 #18