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TexasTowelie

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Mon Mar 11, 2019, 06:51 AM Mar 2019

Paper ballots come around again -- as cutting-edge way to vote

TRENTON — An old technology is new again, as paper ballots are making a big comeback thanks to fears about Russia — and others — hacking U.S. elections.

Voting machines on display at the first-ever Election Technology for New Jersey Now and Tomorrow trade show, held by the Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey and the New Jersey Association of Election Officials, virtually all incorporated paper ballots, even when the votes were cast electronically.

“Voters continue to want a secure paper trail,” said Cape May County Clerk Rita Marie Fulginiti.

That’s something New Jersey voters don’t yet have, except for those in Warren County.

Read more: https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/politics/paper-ballots-come-around-again-as-cutting-edge-way-to/article_abb33401-962b-5f16-8bc3-e207f79c4b10.html

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Paper ballots come around again -- as cutting-edge way to vote (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2019 OP
All elections should have a backup or paper only ballot system in place. democratisphere Mar 2019 #1

democratisphere

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1. All elections should have a backup or paper only ballot system in place.
Mon Mar 11, 2019, 06:59 AM
Mar 2019

We need protect American elections from Russians and redumbliCONS.

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