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The problem with paper

By Paul Gronke

Tennessee is only the most recent state mandating a move to paper balloting in an effort to insure the integrity of the ballot.Here's the problem: when combined with an increasing use of by-mail voting (primarily via no-excuse absentee balloting) and when some jurisdictions are moving to a central count, then this will almost certainly result in a dramatic increase in residual vote (under and over votes).Since the high residual vote rates associated with punch card and lever machines were a prim read more

Full post as published by Election Updates on February 13, 2008 (boomark / email).