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Letter: Paper ballots aren't as secure as you think
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Poll officer Roberta Wagner marks a tally as ballots are read aloud after polls close on Election Day at Clermont Town Hall in Clermont, on Nov. 7, 2017. - photo by David Barnes
I doubt if the experts supporting paper ballots have actually ever hand counted them, a labor intensive process!I started my career in elections in 1965, when an electric typewriter was a luxury. We did manually count paper ballots back then. It’s hard to believe that voters would circle names, draw a line through names, vote for more than one candidate, etc.