Ballot scanners for vote counting

Make sure voters know that ballot scanners are used because they are proven to be more accurate than people.

Tags: equipment, voting equipment, count, misinformation, optical, tabulator, digital

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Counting ballots by hand leads to more mistakes than machine counting. So, we have ballot scanners do the heavy counting.

Though we never rely on tech alone, election officials always review a random selection to double-check.

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Computers are really good at tedious repetitive tasks! So, we rely on machines to do most of the ballot counting. Then, we pull out a selection to verify by hand that everything’s right.