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DetroitLegalBeagle

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13. Sounds like Michigan's system

Reply to louis c (Original post)

Tue Aug 7, 2018, 09:02 AM

Aug 2018

Ballots have either scantron like bubbles or you draw a short line to your candidate. All are tabulated by counting machines, none of which have internet connections, or any sort of outside ports beyond the power cable. The ballots are stored in the machine, the machine prints a receipt like sheet with the vote counts. The entire state was like this in 2016. Starting in 2017, they started rolling out new tabulators, and I haven't seen what model they are or if they connect to the internet or not.

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Why aren't all voting systems like my city? [View all] louis c Aug 2018 OP

That sounds like a pretty great system. bearsfootball516 Aug 2018 #1

That's how we do it here in Goldsboro, North Carolina Jersey Devil Aug 2018 #2

Mine is easier. Everyone essentially votes absentee, on a paper ballot. pnwmom Aug 2018 #3

What if it gets lost in the mail? oberliner Aug 2018 #4

As I said, we can check online to make sure it was received and checked in. pnwmom Aug 2018 #7

Gotcha oberliner Aug 2018 #8

There's still the option of leaving the ballot in the very large lock boxes, one of which pnwmom Aug 2018 #11

Sounds Identical To What We Have ProfessorGAC Aug 2018 #5

We need to protect voter databases from hacking ehrnst Aug 2018 #6

Another issue is the voter database. In Nov. 2016 the Russians poked around pnwmom Aug 2018 #9

All of Virginia now uses a paper ballot that is completed by the voter and then scanned. Nitram Aug 2018 #10

sounds like how it works in my town in Connecticut NewJeffCT Aug 2018 #12

Sounds like Michigan's system DetroitLegalBeagle Aug 2018 #13

In my county we do the same thing. NY was among the last to go electronic, so we learned... TreasonousBastard Aug 2018 #14

This is the system used at my precinct as well The Genealogist Aug 2018 #15

Same system as here in Minnesota. MineralMan Aug 2018 #16

Same in my Minnesota town indigovalley Aug 2018 #18

I'm pretty sure it's statewide. MineralMan Aug 2018 #20

We had that, but they replaced them with ESS voting machines in 2016. sinkingfeeling Aug 2018 #17

That's how I vote here in Chicago. frazzled Aug 2018 #19