Reply #174: There needs to be a duplicate paper tape "roll" left in the machine

[JunkYardDogg]

But then the totals off the roll have to be done , if electronically,
with a separate program from the electronic input logfile, to be actually used as a clean standard
otherwise the duplicate tape has to be hand counted to match up to the internal electronic logfile-
If there is only one receipt issued, without a retained duplicate, the voter keeps his receipt, and than there is no duplicate kept as a clean standard backup record.
If you use the same program to total both,it is harder to keep it clean-

this is almost more of a mechanical issue
than you still have the central tabulators, which are a major problem
But we must have paper receipts before the next election