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Ms. Toad

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8. In the United States, there is no such thing as THE company that counts the votes.

Reply to Stargazer99 (Original post)

Sun Jan 4, 2026, 05:38 PM

Jan 4

Vote counting machines are purchased at the local level - state or county (which entity varies from state to state). Each jurisdiction owns their own machines. Several manufacturers provide the machines which are purchased by the local jurisdictions, so even at the vendor level, there is not one vendor which provides the machines which counts the votes.

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A Republican now OWNS the company that counts the votes and no one is complaining [View all] Stargazer99 Jan 4 OP

wow Snoopy 7 Jan 4 #1

A republican foreigner who supports apartheid owns the business that transmits the votes JT45242 Jan 4 #2

Simple logic. yellow dahlia Jan 4 #6

And still, a bunch of Bettie Jan 4 #3

For a good reason - they want the common man asleep and the wealthy have the common man well trained Stargazer99 Jan 4 #4

Yep. Justice matters. Jan 4 #5

How many of those who attack us as "alarmist", yellow dahlia Jan 4 #7

In the United States, there is no such thing as THE company that counts the votes. Ms. Toad Jan 4 #8

In the past few decades... Chemical Bill Jan 4 #9

Matching exit polls is not a way of determining whether a ballot count is accurate. Ms. Toad Jan 4 #10

You raise some good points. Chemical Bill Jan 5 #11