Re:To Protect Voting, Use Open-Source Software
by jpfed on Thursday August 03, 2017 @01:52PM
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>Most paper ballets are counted by machine
And recount-able by hand in case there is doubt.
Re:To Protect Voting, Use Open-Source Software
by gandarojin on Thursday August 03, 2017 @01:45PM
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> Most paper ballets are counted by machine so they could easily be tampered with at the count […]
Do you have a source for that statement? In Germany, ballots are counted by people making tally marks on paper.
Re:To Protect Voting, Use Open-Source Software
by BinaryIdiot on Thursday August 03, 2017 @02:49PM
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Hmm, not off hand. I'll see what I can find. It was my understanding from the hanging chad situation in Florida years ago that, at least in the states, most are initially counted by machine.
Edit: Here you go. I couldn't find research or a study regarding it but this is probably good enough and was always my experience when I voted by paper: https://www.wired.com/2016/11/vote-counts-ballot-get-counted...
Re:To Protect Voting, Use Open-Source Software
by jeltz on Thursday August 03, 2017 @09:21PM
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We count them twice by hand here in Sweden and we get the preliminary result just a few hours after the polls close, so I do not see why one has to use a machine.
Re:To Protect Voting, Use Open-Source Software
by BurningFrog on Friday August 04, 2017 @01:49AM
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> I do not see why one has to use a machine.
One reason is that Americans vote a lot more than Swedes. Here in California I have probably ~100 elections to vote in for each I had in Sweden.
Even for the paper side. Most paper ballets are counted by machine so they could easily be tampered with at the count or when they're printed having a similar scale.