Election meddling fix

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I'll preface this with full disclosure; I'm a local election official, and my county uses dre voting machines (100% electronic). I welcome any reasonable argument about how a paper based system is more secure but I've never heard a convincing one once we get down into the details of the procedures in place around how the data is collected, transmitted and compiled. It always comes down to someone's vague sense of unease about electronic voting, and the perception that paper ballots are simpler and therefore better, and so we should all go back to the old ways. We don't hear public outcry insisting that banks return to paper ledgers because they're more secure and auditable. It's exactly the same thing - both systems are completely secure if your local officials are honest and competent.

Interesting pointwith the paper electronic mix, instead of messing with the electronic part I could mess with the paper part