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JoeOtterbein

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2. We need to repeat, over and over: "ALL elections must be with paper ballots and MUST be audited"

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Tue Jun 20, 2017, 11:05 PM

Jun 2017

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Whether or not Handel actually won, the focus should be on abolishing DREs that "elected" her [View all] diva77 Jun 2017 OP

I so agree! CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2017 #1

We need to repeat, over and over: "ALL elections must be with paper ballots and MUST be audited" JoeOtterbein Jun 2017 #2

We need paper ballots, hand counted at the precinct level with public oversight diva77 Jun 2017 #3

agreed; paper "trails" and occaisional audits are not as good as hand-counting, all the time. nt TheFrenchRazor Jun 2017 #10

It would also make election night more exciting n/t trentwestcott Jun 2017 #15

Not only paper ballots, but we also need to require an ID at the polls trentwestcott Jun 2017 #11

Do you have any idea how hard it would be to use in person voter fraud mythology Jun 2017 #14

It might not be an issue now, but if we block them from using the machines to cheat trentwestcott Jun 2017 #16

I think here in Ga. we MUST demand a verifiable audit trail! If we start today, we might be napi21 Jun 2017 #4

If you can get paper ballots, hand counted at precinct with results posted at precinct prior to diva77 Jun 2017 #5

Verifiable audit trail simply means the capability of tracing a vote from origin, no matter napi21 Jun 2017 #6

might help to contact people involved in filing GA lawsuit against SOS diva77 Jun 2017 #7

the problem is that the paper receipts will never see the light of day 99.999% of the time; in order TheFrenchRazor Jun 2017 #9

I'd like paper too, but I don't think that will ever happen. People are far to impatient to napi21 Jun 2017 #12

absolutely, because without verifiable elections, we never really know what "went wrong." TheFrenchRazor Jun 2017 #8

Amen and I say again Amen!!!! stevepal Jun 2017 #13

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