What is the most accurate way to count votes in U.S. elections? Is it by hand, as many Republican lawmakers have been demanding in the aftermath of 2020? Or the traditional way in which machines ...

"Hand-counting does take a very long time, it is very difficult. That's why we implemented equipment to do that." "You do pre-election testing, you do post-election testing to verify that the ...

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"Paper ballots and hand counting never breaks down," the post said. The post also questioned the use of voting machines, saying, "they always break down on Election Day." Diamond and Silk ...

One of their solutions is to replace the tabulators that count every vote with people who will do that by hand. Controversies over the issue have flared periodically in pockets of the country ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A proposed ballot measure in North Dakota that sought to require hand-counting of every election ballot, among other proposals, won’t advance. Initiative leader Lydia ...

There was a county in California recently that said we’re going to switch to hand counting, and they have 111,000 registered voters, so really [it’s] massively infeasible.

Election experts resoundingly agree that hand-counting ballots takes longer than counting with machines, it’s less reliable, and it’s a logistical nightmare for U.S. elections — including in ...

One of their solutions is to replace the tabulators that count every vote with people who will do that by hand. Four years of Donald Trump's false claims about a stolen 2020 election have kindled ...

FILE - North Dakota State Election Director Erika White, left, accepts ballot measure paperwork from Lydia Gessele, right, at the state Capitol in Bismarck, N.D., Sept. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Jack ...