@ztisdale The Oregon treaty only set the border west of the Rockies. The 49th had been the border between the northwest angle and the Rockies for decades prior. A minor point but makes your observation even stronger.
@JohnRustad4BC All electronic and electromechanical devices must be permanently banned from use in collecting and counting ballots. There is obviously no time or efficiency benefit demonstrated, and the risk of problems, from mangled ballots to outright fraud, are far too high.
@cfhoogz @MikegROI @Bratt_world β¦ they are chock full of firmware that is at best buggy and at worst compromised. And worst off all, their acceptance sets the stage to accept more electronics at polling places, a terrible precedent we should oppose.
@cfhoogz @MikegROI @Bratt_world Tabulators are electromechanical devices with guides, pinchers and rollers that can mutilate a paper ballot. Went ink from a previous ballot will inevitably get picked up and spoil a later ballot. Even worse,
@MikegROI @Bratt_world There will be a difference, because it is lawful to bypass the tabulator and deposit your ballot directly into the box. They call over a supervisor and the direct deposit is observed.
@Jeazus@Bratt_world@SketchyKP Hand count only if the margin is close. Otherwise, if you elect to bypass the tabulator, as provided under law, your vote is not counted.