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TexasTowelie

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Sun Apr 1, 2018, 11:41 PM Apr 2018

Missouri Senate considers banning touchscreen voting

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Senate is considering whether to permanently unplug the state's touchscreen machines amid concerns that electronic voting machines might be susceptible to hackers.

The proposal, which already passed the House in a 108-31 vote, would require voters to use paper ballots exclusively. Machines could still be used to count votes and to assist disabled voters in marking their ballots. But systems that only recorded votes electronically would be phased out.

The bill's sponsor, Republican Rep. Paul Curtman of Washington, said the proposal would help ensure the "highest confidence in the integrity of our election system."

If enacted, the proposal would not be a sea change for the state. Every county in Missouri already uses at least some paper ballots. About two dozen counties also use electronic voting machines that do not require a paper ballot, but those machines still create a paper trail for auditing vote totals.

Read more: http://www.tbo.com/missouri-senate-considers-banning-touchscreen-voting-ap_election711cb63ef2de4cbd81033d007a9e9434

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Missouri Senate considers banning touchscreen voting (Original Post) TexasTowelie Apr 2018 OP
Who trust Electronics nowadays! Smackdown2019 Dec 2018 #1

Smackdown2019

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1. Who trust Electronics nowadays!
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 12:07 PM
Dec 2018

This needs to be enacted! I do not trust anything that does not produce a trail. How can a recount be conducted when you can not recount the votes?

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