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falafelite on Nov 4, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: New Hampshire set to pilot voting machines that us...

Why are they always a bad idea in your view? I'd imagine that they're quite nice from the point of view of those who run elections and actually have to count them. I'd love to hear your thoughts!

yifanl on Nov 4, 2022 [–]

Consider: the number of available volunteers to count votes scales directly with the number of voters in a given electorate.

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