Episode 128: ADM for Oct. 22, 2022: Hand Counting Ballots Takes Longer, is Less Accurate, and Costs More. So Why is It Being Proposed Around the Country?

American Democracy Minute · Oct 20, 2022 · 1m

Hand Counting Ballots Takes Longer, is Less Accurate, and Costs More. So Why is It Being Proposed Around the Country?

Today’s Links

Articles:

NPR - Hand-counting ballots may sound nice. It's actually less accurate and more expensive

Associated Press - Some in GOP want ballots to be counted by hand, not machines

Nevada Independent - How should Nevada hand count ballots? Nye County, state election officials disagree

MIT Election Data & Science Lab - Voting technology

MIT Election Data & Science Lab - Learning From Recounts

Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project - Using Recounts to Verify the…