DITCH THE MACHINES? Mark Cook’s Hand Count Revolution | Ohio Election Integrity
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Should Ohio move away from voting machines and put the counting of ballots back into the hands of citizens?
On this Ohio Political News special, we sit down with Mark Cook of the Hand Count Road Show to examine his push for hand-marked paper ballots, citizen-observable counting, stronger chain of custody, and greater transparency in American elections.
We dig into the questions Ohio voters are asking: Can ballots realistically be counted by hand? Are electronic tabulators necessary? How does Cook’s A-Count-Able system work? Can hand counting catch mistakes while still producing timely results? And how would a system like this work in Ohio’s largest counties?
We also examine the other side of the debate—including human counting errors, costs, staffing, post-election audits, absentee ballots, and Ohio’s existing election safeguards.
The question is simple: Who should ultimately count your vote—people or machines?