How many ballots do they test? tricks can be played that don’t show up for a few hundred ballots or so.
Hand counting has no risks if multiple sets of eyes are on each ballot.
The machines can also be altered after the testing.
I was not clear. The test ballots are created by machine. And then run thru to calibrate. Not hand marked.
The elections and voter registration director then stated that Donald Trump lost the election in 2020. Bad campaigning. Blah blah. Although he was on message and won in 2016. Trump was not mentioned prior to this. At all. It seemed like a canned response.