Republican Denny Hoskins sees hand counting as a tool to prevent digital interference and cut costs, while local election officials and Democrat Barbara Phifer predict delayed and error-prone results.

Experts say hand counting ballots takes longer and is less accurate than using machines, and would be impractical in Pennsylvania elections.

Hand counting is hard, slow, expensive, and highly unreliable in most cases. Yet support for the practice among Trump's base could sow election chaos.

Then there are counties that attempt to replace machine-counting ballots with having humans hand-count their ballots, a practice that studies show is less accurate and timely than using machines.

The few counties that have attempted the massive task to count ballots by hand have found the process more time-consuming, expensive and inaccurate than expected.

In this episode, hosts Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon speak with Mark Kampf, the former clerk in Nye County, Nevada. He stepped into the role in the summer of 2022 after the Nye County Commission voted ...

Numerous studies — in voting and other fields such as banking and retail — have shown that people make far more errors counting than do machines, especially when reaching larger and larger ...

Numerous studies — in voting and other fields such as banking and retail — have shown that people make far more errors counting than do machines, especially when reaching larger and larger ...

Numerous studies — in voting and other fields such as banking and retail — have shown that people make far more errors counting than do machines, especially when reaching larger and larger ...