Reply #8: I just got back from the UK. I did not know they did this... [View All]

[FedUpWithIt All]

until last week. When my friend told me i was stunned. We were watching the midterms quite closely. He said, "I just don't get why you guys use those machines." I had assumed they too used machines. He told me that their vote is all hand count and paper ballot.

It cannot be for speed that we use them. Our results usually end up taking longer due to a lack of transparency and issues resulting from it. It cannot be for ease. They are problematic and prone to power issues and glitches. It cannot be for cost, they are extremely expensive and as the OP mentioned volunteers are the ones who tally the votes in the UK.

Why do we use them?