In Hamilton County,TX ALL ballots are on paper ballots. If you use a machine, you first insert the paper ballot and make your selection. It marks the ballot for you. I ALWAYS mark the ballot manually. I don’t trust the machine either. Nevertheless, you still place your “Machine Marked” paper ballot in the box. I don’t know why any other county would use electronic ballots.
We must go to a system of back up to double check these hackable and programmable machines. There is NO excuse for this!! They are stealing this election from the people!!
The more populous counties do machine votes supposedly to speed things up. The machines you describe we also used in Bosque county and Hill county. I hated those things as an election judge/worker as I did have problems with them. I’ve been through recounts and I just feel safer with my hand-marked paper ballot. Even if by some horrible event I had to be in a populous county with machines I would request a paper ballot. Just me, from election work experience.