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

[BumRushDaShow]

46. The "Help America Vote Act" required that machines have a "paper trail"

and that has been long slog to get there, and in some cases, it's questionable about whether certain systems truly have a good auditable paper trail.

H.R.3295 - Help America Vote Act of 2002

Having "paper ballots" / "paper trail" allows for AUDITS meaning that you don't have to hand-count every single ballot but can select a √' of the total to validate "by hand".

But you knew that, right?