Should all states go back to paper ballots.

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17. You probably will not approve of the OptiScan

End of the election process if you ever vote for (or maybe even run yourself) and then find that the election results are very close.

In a close election,it is critical that the ballots be counted by hand. But often, the "recount" is done simply by putting the same ballots through the same machine.

In Marin County Calif, in a close election, the people wanting the recount to be a hands on only, no Opti Scan recount, had to come up with 106,000 dollars, with 15% of it up front, to have a recount for the hospital district board, a position that pays zero in salary. the candidate who was seeking that office, a true indie and wonderful community leader, backed off from the recount.

That is why I say: Paper ballots counted ONLY by hand!