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To: Suz in AZ

“I hope a Trump administration will outlaw computer voting. Where I’m at we have nice fill in the bubble ballots that can be both optically scanned and hand counted.”

Well, first of all, neither any Presidential administration nor the Congress can “outlaw computer voting”, as it is not their place to set voting laws in the states. The individual states set their own voting laws. Also, we all saw what happened with paper ballots in the Bush vs Gore debacle.


116 posted on 03/22/2016 3:16:12 PM PDT by mtrott
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To: mtrott

The days of hanging chads in Floriduh are long gone thankfully.


121 posted on 03/22/2016 3:33:05 PM PDT by visualops (It's the majority of the American people and Trump against the enemies of the republic - Windflier)
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To: mtrott; visualops
"That’s what we had in FL, a paper ballot that gets scanned."

"Also, we all saw what happened with paper ballots in the Bush vs Gore debacle."

Oy vey.

Not all "paper" ballots are created equal.

She's referring to an 'optical' ballot which is simply fill in the bubble, scanable, easily checked for mistakes (the scanner will spit out the near complete majority of mistakes like double-votes, etc, on the spot - in my state, you don't have to leave until you get the green light and you are satisfied everything was as it should be), and able to be hand-counted handily.

In 2000, there were counties in Florida that had (and still have) 'punch-out' ballots which are specifically designed for fraud viz 'hanging chads'.

142 posted on 03/22/2016 4:26:13 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (#Getbackinthebackoftheshortbus)
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To: mtrott

I think I saw where online voting only permitted in primaries, not general.


145 posted on 03/22/2016 4:29:50 PM PDT by Kenny
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