but I think it's suspicious that trump hates absentee ballots. He hates that there is a paper ballot, which makes it harder to cheat. Many states recount using them.

This time, I used the dropbox inside the county clerk’s office.

It is a “fill in the dots” ballot and I trust the election officials to count them properly.

IMNSHO, having time to go over the choices at home and not drag a cheat-sheet into some polling place is great.

I suppose people still go to polling places. I haven’t for ages.

but the fact remains that 'hand counting' ballots - is a solution to a problem that has never been shown to exist. And further, if by some chance did rear it's ugly head at some point in the future - would almost certainly be quickly identified and addressed by election officials.

...as we all should know, a correct tabulation of the true votes of the people is paramount in a Democracy.

Anything and everything we can do to assure clear and fair elections is a must.

I agree the fully computerized systems are unverifiable and untrustworthy.

There is an odd convergence between the Magats and legitimate election integrity people.

Former computer science teacher here.

At 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, Gillespie County Republicans completed hand counting more than 8,000 ballots, following through on a decision the county party made months ago amid a statewide push led by individuals who have promoted some of the wildest election conspiracy theories since the 2020 election.


https://www.votebeat.org/texas/2024/03/06/gillespie-county-hand-count-republican-primary-gop/

It took four people three hours to count only 77 ballots.

Difficult in that it takes longer than if it was just a simple candidate A vs B only on the ballot.

But when there could be ten or more on the ballot it becomes more time-consuming.

That is they do a hand count to see if results match up with the paper ballots. Same as matching up with electronic results.

And they have election workers from both parties participating.

Call your local county Democratic Party Chair and/or Election Board for details.