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IndyOp

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9. Wow! Biggest complaint from our town administrators

Reply to yellowdogintexas (Original post)

Sun Sep 22, 2019, 07:40 AM

Sep 2019

about getting paper ballots was the waste - by law having to print twice as many ballots for each precinct as expected by past turnout at each. Terrible waste of money - but necessary - but still...

If the machine prints them as needed

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so I went to training on our new voting machines here in Tarrant Co [View all] yellowdogintexas Sep 2019 OP

We have the equivalent here in Santa Fe. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2019 #1

Surprisingly, Texas has one of the best Early Voting yellowdogintexas Sep 2019 #11

I saw a demo of the same machines in Williamson Co Mersky Sep 2019 #2

That beats our system where you have to be in the right precinct. although... TreasonousBastard Sep 2019 #3

Having to be in the right precinct is yet another way to reduce voting. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2019 #5

We have a great vote by mail too. yellowdogintexas Sep 2019 #12

Some of our precincts are far enough apart that getting yellowdogintexas Sep 2019 #13

If the display says "Spasibo za vash golos" after you vote you might want to worry. CentralMass Sep 2019 #4

we tiptonic Sep 2019 #7

One question: Does the voted ballot get printed with a bar code on it? hedda_foil Sep 2019 #6

that would be my question too,,,,,is the name printed or some secret code? questionseverything Sep 2019 #8

It's not either/or, but both. The votes are printed out but the bar code gets counted. hedda_foil Sep 2019 #10

counting the paper in many locations would take forever! yellowdogintexas Sep 2019 #15

so it is just another "trust me system" questionseverything Sep 2019 #18

yes. It looks more like the square things that yellowdogintexas Sep 2019 #14

It's he issue is that it's the barcodes that are counted and there's no way to tell if they're right hedda_foil Sep 2019 #16

Since the choices are printed an audit would be feasible yellowdogintexas Sep 2019 #17

except by the time it is challenged, the chain of custody is broken questionseverything Sep 2019 #19

Wow! Biggest complaint from our town administrators IndyOp Sep 2019 #9