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3. I know for a fact that two large metro-Atlanta counties have been doing this for several elections-- Dekalb
Sat Sep 21, 2024, 10:19 AM
Sep 2024

and Gwinnett. One poll worker, who is a DUer, said it was not a big burden and they are finished by mid-night.

You only have to count the pieces of paper, not who got a vote. How fast do you think you could count a ream of paper, with some sticky finger stuff? An hour or so.

Besides, I can't imagine any precinct that doesn't compare the ballot count to the machine total. It's a common administrative process in anything like this. That would seem required at the close of every day of early voting.

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