In a rare step, 3 South Dakota counties are set to vote on counting ballots by hand

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30. In 2020, Philly had 1703 "Divisions" which are the same as "precincts"

with from about 1000 - 4,000 per Division. There are 66 Wards, each with multiple Divisions.




There are usually only about 5 or 6 election workers per Division (if that). The new machines the city started using have a print-out on thermal paper, which IMHO is a mess. I used that new touchscreen machine in November 2019 when they first switched to them, and after that nightmare, thankfully mail voting became law (officially in April 2020), and I have voted by mail ever since.

After COVID, they have been having a hard time getting people to work the elections (even though they do get trained and paid a stipend). I literally had a voice mail today from someone recruiting for poll workers.

Bottom line? It ain't happening.

There have been some sort of "computer" tabulation here since the early 20th century. I think the below is a '60s model that was in use for decades here and I believe it registered votes on a little ticker tape.



I know I voted with that until around the early 2000s when they got a big membrane touch panel thing (finally replaced with a touch screen in 2019).