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In reply to the discussion: Why did we do away with paper ballots? [View all]Piedras
(247 posts)18. Calif. absentee voter, partially because then you vote on a paper ballot, not on a black box
I'm a California permanent absentee voter, otherwise known as a vote by mail voter. It's easier. More accurate. There's more time to fill out the ballot. I can research candidates or issues I may be unsure about. Can vote early by mail, or turn in my ballot on election day at a local polling place. I have more trust in a paper ballot than than I do in an unverifiable "black box."
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Then sadly fed into a scanner that records your vote exactly as the manufacturer instructed.
Scuba
Oct 2012
#23
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
Calif. absentee voter, partially because then you vote on a paper ballot, not on a black box
Piedras
Oct 2012
#18
I don't know, why did you do away with your paper ballots? We use them in Oregon
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2012
#29
Not really accurate. E voting machines started coming in before 2000, and the first
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2012
#42
Any system can be cheated, but 'just as possible' is simply not the case.
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2012
#43
Here in CT we have them. They are large cards that are put through a scanner but they have
CTyankee
Oct 2012
#38
"Knucklehead"-I don't think so. It was done to make it easier to steal an election.
hobbit709
Oct 2012
#41