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Election Reform

scipan

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1. Call me paranoid

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Mon Mar 11, 2024, 12:08 AM

Mar 2024

but I think it's suspicious that trump hates absentee ballots. He hates that there is a paper ballot, which makes it harder to cheat. Many states recount using them.

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Think. Again.Susan Calvin

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I suggest voting machines are suspect and there's a good argument for hand counting. [View all] scipan Mar 2024 OP

Call me paranoid scipan Mar 2024 #1

Californians are mailed ballots and can return them in the mail or drop off with the clerk or dropbox. usonian Mar 2024 #2

you can suggest anything you like stopdiggin Mar 2024 #3

K&R, Thank you for posting this.... Think. Again. Mar 2024 #4

Tabulators and paper are fine. Voltaire2 Mar 2024 #5

Been saying this for literally decades. Susan Calvin Mar 2024 #6

No...One small county did it. It took 200 people to count 8,000 ballots. They can't afford to pay all the workers. LeftInTX Mar 2024 #7

It is extremely difficult to count paper ballots that have multiple contests included. LiberalFighter Mar 2024 #8

If there was only one position on the ballot it would take less time. LiberalFighter May 2024 #10

There are checks. They follow protocols in determining which ballots will be hand counted. LiberalFighter Mar 2024 #9