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Mister Ed

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10. Is that a ballot or a receipt?

Reply to LiberalArkie (Reply #6)

Tue Dec 22, 2020, 05:19 PM

Dec 2020

I'm not sure myself. I guess the difference is, if you keep it, it's a receipt. If it's kept at the polling place, and fed into a counting machine or counted it by hand, then it's a ballot.

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The only large voting machine company that Trump did not go after was ES&S [View all] LiberalArkie Dec 2020 OP

Minnesota uses paper ballots only, not electronic voting machines. scarletwoman Dec 2020 #1

This uses a touch panel to print a paper ballot for you... from Wikipedia LiberalArkie Dec 2020 #3

We have one of those in each MN polling place for use by voters with a disability... Mister Ed Dec 2020 #7

It's an option, but you can also just fill out your ballot by hand. scarletwoman Dec 2020 #8

No it does not record it. You can read what the touch panel produces and verify yourself LiberalArkie Dec 2020 #9

We have those in nc. Touchscreen prints paper ballot. Human readable. You take that to the scanner. bullimiami Dec 2020 #14

Here is my paper ballot from an ES&S machine LiberalArkie Dec 2020 #6

Is that a ballot or a receipt? Mister Ed Dec 2020 #10

It is the ballot that was printed when I voted on the display. You can verify it yourself and then LiberalArkie Dec 2020 #11

Excellent. Paper ballots are much better than just paper receipts. n/t Mister Ed Dec 2020 #13

Receipts that show your vote Ms. Toad Dec 2020 #16

Thanks. I should have thought of that. n/t Mister Ed Dec 2020 #17

that is a herring. nt Grasswire2 Dec 2020 #20

Pretty sure I have more experience in election administration and election law than you do. n/t Ms. Toad Dec 2020 #21

That's a receipt, not a ballot. scarletwoman Dec 2020 #12

Minnesota uses Dominion, ES&S, and Hart Ms. Toad Dec 2020 #15

No Pennsylvania so Trump doesn't care. patricia92243 Dec 2020 #2

Aren't most of the states Red? LiberalArkie Dec 2020 #4

Kentucky also nuxvomica Dec 2020 #5

So that is the one they try to use then? n/t Lucinda Dec 2020 #18

elections expert Jennifer Cohn tells us that Trump World is shielding ES&S... Grasswire2 Dec 2020 #19

It seems to be well thought out new type hardware, but the tabulators in all the systems are the LiberalArkie Dec 2020 #22