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Re: Ballotpedia.org addresses logisitcal voting issues,
Posted by  VT_Syrup of VT on 10/19/20 6:30pm Msg #625550
Except in the tiniest Vermont towns, optical scan machines are used. After scanning, the election workers search by hand for all the ballots that have write-ins, so the names can be read and counted. If we happen to notice a ballot like Carolyn Bodley described, we would hand-count it. But since the machine doesn't tell us how many ballots with cross-outs exist, we don't know how many to look for, so some may be missed.

The advantage of voting in person is that if the machine thinks the voter cast more votes than allowed for a certain race, it will spit out the ballot and display on the screen which race has a problem. The voter can then decide whether to get a fresh ballot, or submit the ballot anyway, knowing that race won't count. (The election official opens a panel with a key and pushes a button while the voter slides the ballot through the machine.)

When submitting an absentee ballot, there is no way to correct a ballot that has a problem.
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Messages in this Thread
 States that require ballots to be notarized -  VT_Syrup on 10/19/20 6:50am
 Re: States that require ballots to be notarized - Albony HIlls on 10/19/20 7:31am
 We had to have a witness on the sealed ballot envelope here -  MW/VA on 10/19/20 8:52am
 And I believe that's been waived this year - Linda_H/FL on 10/19/20 9:11am
 Re: And I believe that - Linda_H/FL on 10/19/20 9:14am
 I did a mail-in Absentee voter ballot. It did require a -  MW/VA on 10/19/20 5:50pm
 I wasn't taking any chances on the ballot not being counted! n/m -  MW/VA on 10/19/20 5:50pm
 Re: States that require ballots to be notarized -  VT_Syrup on 10/19/20 10:37am
 Re: States that require ballots to be notarized - schlub/NC on 10/19/20 10:27am
 Re: States that require ballots to be notarized -  VT_Syrup on 10/19/20 10:39am
 Re: States that require ballots to be notarized - schlub/NC on 10/19/20 11:59am
 I agree that there's some deliberate confusion about -  MW/VA on 10/19/20 5:52pm
 North Carolina only requires witness ... -  Yoli/CA on 10/19/20 11:00am
 Re: Opinion story - Carolyn Bodley on 10/19/20 10:36am
 Re: Opinion story -  VT_Syrup on 10/19/20 10:43am
 Re: Opinion story - Carolyn Bodley on 10/19/20 11:01am
 Ballotpedia.org addresses logisitcal voting issues, - SC/CA on 10/19/20 1:54pm
 Re: Ballotpedia.org addresses logisitcal voting issues, - Carolyn Bodley on 10/19/20 6:01pm
 ~like~ n/m -  MW/VA on 10/19/20 6:24pm
 Re: Ballotpedia.org addresses logisitcal voting issues, -  VT_Syrup on 10/19/20 6:30pm
 Re: Ballotpedia.org addresses logisitcal voting issues, -  JanetK_CA on 10/20/20 3:11pm
 Re: Additionally, n/m - Carolyn Bodley on 10/19/20 7:33pm
 Re: Sorry, hit return accidentally - Carolyn Bodley on 10/19/20 7:41pm



 
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