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[–] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

Note that the paper ballots generally don't take longer to count, they are generally digitally scanned in the same way the printouts from the touchscreen machines are.

It might speed up voting as a tap is a little faster than filling a bubble, but then again a wide tip marker would fix that, but then you might spoil more ballots when people aren't sure if they mismarked it.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

    I guess but we still have pencils and teams of humans counting. I agree its the safest and easiest to audit.

    Swapping a pen or marker could spoil a box if some funky ink is introduced.

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