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BREAKING: Virginia Board of Elections Votes Unamimously to Remove All Paperless Voting Machines [View all] Amaryllis Sep 2017 OP

Yes! liberal N proud Sep 2017 #1

YAAAAY! MoonRiver Sep 2017 #2

This should be done... Snackshack Sep 2017 #3

+1 Jarqui Sep 2017 #85

This is great news in our very gerrymandered state, with Republican control of most local government phylny Sep 2017 #4

LOVE that "Redneckistan" term, phylny! calimary Sep 2017 #24

yeap same here (southampton county). We have paper ballots that are read by a scanning machine. drray23 Sep 2017 #74

Ha! I couldn't remember the term "optical scanner"! :) n/t phylny Sep 2017 #80

Hell yes!!!!! sheshe2 Sep 2017 #5

Good. K&R. n/t ms liberty Sep 2017 #6

no more machines. period. all paper, all the time. nt TheFrenchRazor Sep 2017 #7

kicking my own post, because i think it's worth repeating... nt TheFrenchRazor Sep 2017 #64

K&R - I think it's worth repeating too! red dog 1 Sep 2017 #84

The whole country should go paperless for future security. BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #8

don't forget to include the "sarcasm" emoticon!! diva77 Sep 2017 #20

I do not know how to do that. I even googled it a few hours ago and got BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #27

When you post, were is a series of little boxes above the big space murielm99 Sep 2017 #32

OK, here goes BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #36

Yay! murielm99 Sep 2017 #37

Thank you! BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #39

and now, if you're logged in, you can edit your post -- click on post #8 and you'll see a menu diva77 Sep 2017 #41

It worked! With a touch screen and no mouse everything is difficult BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #42

Surprised that 22 counties were still using them. Glad they're going away. rogue emissary Sep 2017 #9

Several years ago the legislature phased in spooky3 Sep 2017 #51

The entire nation should do the same democrank Sep 2017 #10

That's what all states should do blueinredohio Sep 2017 #11

Yes,Yes, and Yes! dottie66 Sep 2017 #77

Some things, like sammythecat Sep 2017 #79

Do you think the media might dislike paper ballots dottie66 Sep 2017 #86

A really Big Deal. SO glad. May the rest of the states follow. nt ancianita Sep 2017 #12

ALL STATES SHOULD VOTE BY MAIL LIKE OREGON !!!! trueblue2007 Sep 2017 #56

+ 1 red dog 1 Sep 2017 #82

Wow! This is good news BUT stevepal Sep 2017 #13

Routinely verified - yes; that's why I said in OP now we need audits in every state. Amaryllis Sep 2017 #14

Paper and hand counted, YES! fierywoman Sep 2017 #16

+1000 This. Hand counted paper ballots with public oversight at the precinct level diva77 Sep 2017 #17

agreed; a lot of people have way too much faith in machines. audits can be defeated, if they are eve TheFrenchRazor Sep 2017 #62

Hand counted paper ballots are the only secure way forward IMHO. CottonBear Sep 2017 #68

Those magic tabulators that turn dem votes to repub, but hardly ever turn repub votes to dem. CrispyQ Sep 2017 #69

Awesome! Nt Akacia Sep 2017 #15

Yes shenmue Sep 2017 #18

But, does Virginia use a wifi-accessible vote tabulating system! If so, any hacker TheDebbieDee Sep 2017 #19

Don't know about wifi, and yes, there is still a a long way to go and yes, we absolutely Amaryllis Sep 2017 #22

In my county the touch screens were replaced with scanners of paper ballots. spooky3 Sep 2017 #53

K&R...Thanks for posting...(It's UNANIMOUSLY) red dog 1 Sep 2017 #21

HTML or text shouldn't matter even on dial up. Amaryllis Sep 2017 #23

Thanks red dog 1 Sep 2017 #38

Huge news.. Permanut Sep 2017 #25

Very odd indeed, especially since some ofthe same companies who make voting machines also make ATMs. Amaryllis Sep 2017 #26

Mandatory voting spike jones Sep 2017 #28

This is a good start in the right direction. L. Coyote Sep 2017 #29

Would this make VA the first state to get rid of them? Tiggeroshii Sep 2017 #30

nice thinking clu Sep 2017 #31

Every state in the nation should do this!! AllyCat Sep 2017 #33

Time for New Jersey to do the same! Pepsidog Sep 2017 #34

... Major Nikon Sep 2017 #35

Perhaps other states should do what Oregon does - "All Vote By Mail" red dog 1 Sep 2017 #40

Oregon has all vote by mail; not the same as all absentee ballots. Very different. It Amaryllis Sep 2017 #49

I didn't know that red dog 1 Sep 2017 #81

ok, but how are these ballots tabulated? serious question; i wonder. nt TheFrenchRazor Sep 2017 #63

Since they're all paper ballots, my guess is that they are hand counted (and easy to recount) red dog 1 Sep 2017 #83

WOW!!!!!!! I wouldn't have expected Virginia to make a sudden sweeping change. BlancheSplanchnik Sep 2017 #43

an alt-right trollbot clu Sep 2017 #44

The sweeping change was made years previously spooky3 Sep 2017 #54

Democrats should have made this federal law when they had the super majority MrPurple Sep 2017 #45

Yep. dalton99a Sep 2017 #48

Hallelujah! Catch2.2 Sep 2017 #46

Paperless voting should be made illegal dalton99a Sep 2017 #47

+1000! colsohlibgal Sep 2017 #50

Just don't hire the guy that handled the Best Picture envelopes at the Oscars MrPurple Sep 2017 #60

I hope this is the start of something all states must do defacto7 Sep 2017 #52

BREAKING: Virginia Board of Elections Votes Unanimously to Remove All Paperless Voting Machines. LenaBaby61 Sep 2017 #55

Well, duh! It was always perplexing why some districts didn't have paper backup. nt Honeycombe8 Sep 2017 #57

K & R................. n/t Upthevibe Sep 2017 #58

Because they didn't want to be able to do recounts, . . . or even auditing tclambert Sep 2017 #59

Did I read that right? VA...a red state, just eliminated paperless voting machines? AgadorSparticus Sep 2017 #61

Va is not a red state BannonsLiver Sep 2017 #71

absolutely correct. However we still have issues with the gerrymandering. The GOP controls drray23 Sep 2017 #73

you're right. I don't know why i thought it was red. I knew it was a bluish purple AgadorSparticus Sep 2017 #88

It is about time election boards wake up and correct the problems. UCmeNdc Sep 2017 #65

Before we had electronic vote counting machines madokie Sep 2017 #66

Let such rationality spread widely. n/t susanna Sep 2017 #67

Bravo Virginia! smirkymonkey Sep 2017 #70

Excellent news Hekate Sep 2017 #72

Republicans will never win shit in Virginia again Thrill Sep 2017 #75

thats great! now everyone needs to go to all mail in... samnsara Sep 2017 #76

Way to go Virginia!!! NT Dr Hobbitstein Sep 2017 #78

HOORAY!!!! Now how do we get the rest of the States to do the same??? nt napi21 Sep 2017 #87