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Re:FBI says foreign hackers penetrated state election systems by pjc50 on Monday August 29, 2016 @09:59AM (#12381864)
Paper scales linearly. How it's done in the UK: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-england-32533064
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Re:FBI says foreign hackers penetrated state election systems by coredog64 on Monday August 29, 2016 @11:00AM (#12382267)
That's cute. I'll post the same thing I post every time some non-US reader mentions how _their_ polity votes just fine with paper.

The last time I voted, I had a scantron ballot that was maybe A3 in size and needed filling both front and back. I'm probably forgetting a few offices, but I was voting for:

* President

* Federal Senator

* Federal House representative

* State Governor

* State Secretary of State

* State Senator

* State House representative

* Mayor

* City Council (slate)

* Sheriff

* State corporation commission (slate)

* Judges (slate)

* 5 or 6 ballot initiatives

* 1 or 2 local initiatives (i.e. school funding bond overrides or the like)

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Re:FBI says foreign hackers penetrated state election systems by maxerickson on Monday August 29, 2016 @11:21AM (#12382430)
Are you highlighting a problem or verifying that a paper ballot worked fine?

18 US states currently do use paper ballots.

https://ballotpedia.org/Voting_equipment_by_state

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Re:FBI says foreign hackers penetrated state election systems by specialist on Monday August 29, 2016 @11:59AM (#12382781)
Precincts are the smallest political jurisdiction. With poll sites, each precinct's election is administered independently. That's how paper scales.

How large is your precinct? Probably somewhere between 0 and 1000. Totally manageable.

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Re:FBI says foreign hackers penetrated state election systems by AnimalMuppet on Monday August 29, 2016 @03:11PM (#12384389)
And how large is your state? 1000 precincts? So you have to add up 1000 numbers (times number of candidates). Also totally manageable.
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Re:FBI says foreign hackers penetrated state election systems by pjc50 on Monday August 29, 2016 @11:20AM (#12382420)
How frequently do you get a ballot that size? Are they all on four or two year terms?
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