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Paper ballots are good, but accurately hand-counting them all is next to impossible

  • Written by Barry C. Burden, Professor of Political Science, Director of the Elections Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Paper ballots are good, but accurately hand-counting them all is next to impossibleMaricopa County, Ariz., conducted a hand recount of the 2020 elections for president and U.S. Senate.AP Photo/Matt York, Pool

Among people, mostly Republicans, who remain the most suspicious of the 2020 presidential election results, there’s something of a movement to return to the days when election ballots in the United States were counted...

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