Count votes by hand, and error adds up
RICE (US) — Counting votes by hand during a postelection audit or recount procedures may result in error rates of up to two percent, say researchers.“These procedures are intended as a safeguard against computer and human error, but until recently, no research existed to tell whether these efforts helped or hurt the accuracy of the vote,” says Michael Byrne, associate professor of psychology at Rice University....
Source: Futurity.org - Monday, 6 February
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