Two WA counties face task of tallying touch-screen votes
SEATTLE - Most counties bracing for a statewide hand recount of the governor's race have boxes upon boxes full of ballots. Not Snohomish and Yakima counties. They are the only two in Washington where people voted on touch-screen computers.
Before their recounts can begin, Snohomish and Yakima counties will have to print out paper ballots to record tens of thousands of votes cast at the polls November second.
Snohomish County has to print out more than 96,000 ballots. Election officials expect that will take five computers with five printers five days to complete.
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printing out the ballots - can we tell if the votes have been changed before printing? NO
1. The 21st Century and we can't even come up with an open, reliable, and
trusted system. Methinks, it's because the politicans don't want one. I will refuse to vote on a "black box" system until this is fixed. It would just be a waste of time anyway.
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