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Ballots without barcodes pushed by Georgia GOP in election-law blitz aimed at Trump supporters (www.wabe.org)

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From WABE Politics News:

Georgia senators on Tuesday passed a bill to remove barcodes from ballots, one of numerous Republican-backed proposals aimed at addressing GOP discontent driven by Donald Trump’s false claims that he […]

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[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 0 points 8 months ago

You know this is one thing I think Texas (or at least San Antonio) has right. When you go to vote you’re given a long card with some info on it (prescient, etc) and a bar code. You slide it in the system and make your choices on screen. You verify your choices and then print them out. From there you can hand audit all your choices since they’re listed in plain text on the card . After that you slide it in a collection machine which scans the info again to tally.

If you ever need a recount, those paper ballots are printed out with your choices that you looked at before final submission, and auditing can ensure that what the machine read counts up to the paper ballots.