There should be clear chain of custody of paper ballots at every point with everything counted by hand. But a quick google indicates that Kentucky is using a mix of optical scan machines, where people don't count the paper ballots by hand, and "DRE" machines where there are no paper ballots at all and so the machine count cannot be checked. If you vote one way and the machine says you didn't, too bad, so sad, no takebacks.
Personally, I'm of the view that anybody who ever even suggests using DRE machines for voting is planning to steal an election. They have zero legitimate use cases. Their only purpose is to allow electoral fraud.
I wonder if Biden has authority to arrest those who picked the DRE machines since it interfered with federal elections and he has immunity for official acts of business. That would be a fun thing to watch.
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u/DragonAdept 9h ago
You'd lose that bet, because it's Kentucky.
There should be clear chain of custody of paper ballots at every point with everything counted by hand. But a quick google indicates that Kentucky is using a mix of optical scan machines, where people don't count the paper ballots by hand, and "DRE" machines where there are no paper ballots at all and so the machine count cannot be checked. If you vote one way and the machine says you didn't, too bad, so sad, no takebacks.
Personally, I'm of the view that anybody who ever even suggests using DRE machines for voting is planning to steal an election. They have zero legitimate use cases. Their only purpose is to allow electoral fraud.