New video provides proof of cellular modems in Florida voting machines

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24. Did you watch the video? The paper tape printout is very obvious.

What advantage is a double thickness roll? These machines print out multiple copies of the same tape. My precinct machine printed 4 copies. If our precinct was split between two school districts, there would have been at least 5 copies. If requested, we would print out another copy to post for observers.

The machine has three outputs that are recorded.

The total ballot count, backed by manual counting of ballots and the number of voters checked in.
The paper tapes, signed by the election judges.
The wireless report to city hall.

All must agree for the results to be accepted. That is further backed by the paper ballots themselves, which can be recounted if there are any questions.

The presence of a modem in these machines is not evidence of anything. It is another layer of reporting.

If you are thinking of printing out a copy of the votes recorded for the voter to take with them, that would be insanely difficult. The size of a double layer roll of tape large enough to print a copy for each voter would likely be larger than the ballot counter. The printer is locked before counting begins, and nothing is printed until the poll is closed. 4 copies was almost to center court, with the machine out of bounds by one goal. 1123 copies would have been longer than a mile. Imagine a mechanism that could rewind a mile of paper tape with no jams, no problems with tearing off the duplicate copies. And who the hell is going to read a mile of paper tape? The font is tiny and getting hard for my mid 50's eyes to read, we had an election judge that is well into his 80's.

This OP is, as they say, a nothing burger. The same type of machine is used in Minnesota. Our elections system are often cited as among the best in the nation.