Bryan Steil: “This is where paper ballots are really important.”

“And the minute you attach it to the Internet, then you got a problem. So if you have electronic voting, machines are fine with me. But you attach them to the Internet, there's a problem. This is where paper ballots are really important. The Election Assistance Commission in Washington, D.C. provides assistance to states validating different types of accounting machines. You're exactly right. This is where you want to have a traceable, auditable paper trail underlying the accounting process across the country.” (04:58–05:01)

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