[Libertina]

In those instances, election officials say, workers have been inspecting the ballots to determine the voter's intent, and then duplicating damaged ballots or "enhancing" others so that the machine can read the vote.
NOT allowed, at least in Pierce County.

[McChordwatcher]

NOT allowed, at least in Pierce County.

Are you sure? I specifically remember a story a few years back of Pierce County election workers transcribing ballots that had bad erasures or extraneous marks.