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Re:New Hampshire set to pilot voting machines that use softw... by kube-system on Friday November 04, 2022 @01:27PM (#33470469)
Because not everyone is familiar with the proper way to fill out a scantron, and some mess it up. "Hanging chad" type issues happen on scantrons -- people put an X or a checkmark through a bubble, people make a mistake and then "cross out" a bubble, mark too many options, etc.

A voting machine that marks a paper ballot for you is the best of both worlds -- it is a paper ballot, but it marks it consistently, and allows the user to affirmatively confirm their choices were recorded correctly.

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Re:New Hampshire set to pilot voting machines that use softw... by Thlom on Friday November 04, 2022 @05:01PM (#33473694)
We solved this issue by having one ballot for each party. In the voting booth you pick your party of choice ballot, fold it and put it in the box.
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Re:New Hampshire set to pilot voting machines that use softw... by kube-system on Friday November 04, 2022 @11:08PM (#33477432)
In my local elections, we vote all at one time for numerous federal, state, county, and city elections, and some of those may have a dozen candidates, and some may permit multiple votes. And sometimes we have referendums on top of that.

Were we to do that, we’d need a damn library full of paper in each booth, and someone to count how many slips of paper you’re dropping into each box. Doesn’t sound like it would work well for us.

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