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Re:The machines USPS is removing can sort more than 36,000 p... by mhh__ on Sunday August 16, 2020 @04:24AM (#24176175)
Why?
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Re:The machines USPS is removing can sort more than 36,000 p... by rsfern on Sunday August 16, 2020 @07:15AM (#24176867)
Presumably because a ballot filled out in pencil is not immutable — the pencil marks could be erased!
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Re:The machines USPS is removing can sort more than 36,000 p... by mhh__ on Sunday August 16, 2020 @09:15AM (#24177498)
That's why the sealed ballot boxes are accompanied by by two officers and the candidates are all present at the count.

If you tampered with the ballot it would only be discarded due to the rubber marking in the "wrong" box

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Re:The machines USPS is removing can sort more than 36,000 p... by mikelward on Sunday August 16, 2020 @10:07AM (#24177905)
I don't know about the UK, but in Australia it's attended by the candidates' representatives, called "scrutineers". The counting is done at the polling place, so the candidates can't be multiple places at once.

I've scrutineered before, and it all seemed to work well.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrutineer

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