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All states need paper ballots. (Original Post) Agschmid Nov 2016 OP
Paper ballots - hand counted Fichefinder Nov 2016 #1
Just now! Zoonart Nov 2016 #2
i agree nickp4wo Nov 2016 #3
Don't the machine print to paper? LostinRed Nov 2016 #4
Not everywhere Zoonart Nov 2016 #6
Chicago has "color in the line" to vote paper ballots apnu Nov 2016 #7

Fichefinder

(167 posts)
1. Paper ballots - hand counted
Tue Nov 8, 2016, 04:39 PM
Nov 2016

Do we really need to have our results within seconds of the polls closing? 100% hand counting as a check against scanner tampering seems like a no brainer.

Zoonart

(11,869 posts)
2. Just now!
Tue Nov 8, 2016, 04:40 PM
Nov 2016

MSMBC reporting 19 reports from around the state of PA that voters cast electronic ballots for Trump that were flipped to Hillary.

Trump and RNC are filing suit to have the machines in doubt removed for the rest of the day.

This is what I feared. That the illusion of a tight race would allow some bullshit claims to be made so that Trump could accuse the Democrats of rigging the voting machines.

Zoonart

(11,869 posts)
6. Not everywhere
Tue Nov 8, 2016, 04:56 PM
Nov 2016

The effected machines have NO paper backup. WTF? What century is this that we can't have a secure system that is uniform all across the country?

apnu

(8,758 posts)
7. Chicago has "color in the line" to vote paper ballots
Tue Nov 8, 2016, 04:58 PM
Nov 2016

Each thing we are voting on has a broken line, we use a felt pen to finish the line that is our choice. The ballot is huge too, about 2 feet long. And there were two of them this year. One for voting on people and the other for voting on various ballot measures and a constitutional amendment.

They look like this, which is the constitutional sample.

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