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In reply to the discussion: In a rare step, 3 South Dakota counties are set to vote on counting ballots by hand [View all]AverageOldGuy
(3,038 posts)14. They have not thought this through
But, then, for most people, especially Republicans, thinking is not their strong suit.
How many people will do the counting?
Will there be different teams counting the same ballots to see if their numbers are the same?
Pay?
Do you open the counting to the public so everyone can sit there and watch the counting?
What do you do when one of the counters must go pee?
What happens when one of the counters nods off?
A few years ago I finally realized that intelligence or smarts or whatever you want to call it is a bell curve with half the population being BELOW average, and much of the half is FAR BELOW AVERAGE.
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In a rare step, 3 South Dakota counties are set to vote on counting ballots by hand [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Jun 2024
OP
I realize they are much smaller counties than mine, but some of our ballots are three pages long!
CrispyQ
Jun 2024
#3
Won't say anything, I'm too nice to our farmers and ranchers out there in the Dakotas. Being that things probably
SWBTATTReg
Jun 2024
#5
There is pressure here for hand counting too. That is fine in a county with 5000 voters
yellowdogintexas
Jun 2024
#12
that requirement to wait for Election Day to start with the mail-ins just blew me away
yellowdogintexas
Jun 2024
#37
"Many other western democracies in Europe have even more population density."
BumRushDaShow
Jun 2024
#34
How does pointing out how machines can be manipulated help your no-hand-counting argument?
LiberalLovinLug
Jun 2024
#54
Actually judge rawl did make that claim about the paperless machines
questionseverything
Jun 2024
#51