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I worked at the polls in Giles Co, in TN. I am so very proud of the honest and efficient way we tabulate and count the vote. If someone comes to vote they must be in the voter book. If not they are taken care of by an election judge who calls in to the county election commission who decides if they can vote. We make three tapes of the vote counts off each machine and then seal the machines for the trip back to the commission. Oh, and we run a tape at the very beginning to make sure there are no votes on the machines before the start of voting. We tape one tape from each machine to the door of the precinct and take the rest, signed by 3 election officials (other than the operator), to the commission. This is all finished within 30 minutes of closing. I just can't understand why every precinct through the country can't operate this way! /sarc