“It’s our responsibility, and it should be our desire, to count every vote and to imbue confidence in our citizenry that our elections are fair and free, and that their vote is being counted,” said New Hampshire state Rep. Mark Alliegro, sponsor of a hand-counting bill that is similar to ones proposed in Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Washington and West Virginia.
Critics of the proposals to ditch electronic ballot tabulators and return to hand-counting are blunt about what they see as the motivation. Even in New Hampshire’s small towns, hand-counting is a complicated, lengthy process when a typical ballot might include 50 questions, said Milford Town Clerk Joan Dargie, who spoke against the proposed legislation on behalf of the New Hampshire City and Town Clerks Association. She estimates her town would have to increase its number of election workers from 200 to 350, and said many of her fellow clerks have said they will quit if they have to tabulate every ballot by hand.
“Counting votes is very tedious. Human beings are bad doing tedious things, and computers are very good at doing tedious things,” Stewart said. “I’m 82 years old and I’ve been through a lot of elections,” said Washoe County Commissioner Jeanne Herman. “I know that something is not right.” The bill’s sponsor, Republican state Rep. Mitch Boggs Jr., said he has no proof elections have been manipulated but is responding to constituent concerns.
hramer _Christina It's also easier to discard the democratic votes that would have become a democratic landslide!!
hramer _Christina Republicans want to go back to horses, slaves and outdoor toilets along with candles and no electricity.
hramer _Christina Easier to cheat without a machine tabulating…
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hramer _Christina Vote by mail, like WA and a few other states. NO FRAUD. No precinct staffing, no hackable voting machines...duh
hramer _Christina These same Republicans want to return to horse and buggy, the pony express, men only suffrage, and good ole segregation.
hramer _Christina Anything to disrupt, delay, and further cause confusion... So Trumpublicans can continue to cry 'voter fraud' without ever showing any proof it exists (except in small amounts done by Trumpublicans)
hramer _Christina yeah when you get political emails from the gop to stop the loss i bet many people would mess up way more than a machine take a look at az when they wasted recounting g 😂 y’all are jokes at this point can’t wait to see future textbooks GOP GOPLeader SenateGOP
hramer _Christina Oooohhh, but so much more time to lobby the vote counters!
hramer _Christina If republicans want it, then they have a plan for manipulating it. They could not survive a true democratic vote.
hramer _Christina I’d say it’s a well thought out idea considering the reliability and trustworthiness of technology is at an all time low. Fact is it would be more accurate. And completely eliminates possibility of hacking or tampering which is a real concern for majority of Americans.
hramer _Christina We should return to paper ballots…period.
hramer _Christina Most countries won't do electronic voting because it can be manipulated too easy. This isn't a bad idea, even if we have to wait.
hramer _Christina Most countries in the world use hand counting and the results come in during the night. It's a matter of organisation. Nothing wrong with machines as long as they create a verifiable paper trail and have no network connection.
hramer _Christina Oh yes. Can’t you just envision the Supremes deciding each elections.
hramer _Christina maybe people who make false voter fraud claims should have to pay a big fat fine and do some jail time . start treating them like sherri papini.