This Finding reveals that hand counting costs less than voting machines, saving (for example) $1.13 per ballot in Osage County.

Myth: Hand Counting Costs Too Much

One of the most popular myths is that hand counting ballots would cost too much.
What they won’t tell you is how much it costs to use voting machines.
What they will tell you is that whatever it costs to use voting machines, hand counting will cost more than that.

Linda Rantz

Nationwide, obtaining detailed cost information on voting machines has proven elusive. It was beginning to feel as if the data was being deliberately withheld. What is becoming more apparent is that it is not that ‘they’ will not tell us the costs of using voting machines but that they do not know.

Apple Slices comparison machine vs hand count costs

“No one knows how much it costs to run elections” was a quote cited in the initial release of this eManual. The quote is from the National Conference of State Legislators in a 2018 brief (see page 24). While the 2018 brief is no longer available online, more than four years later, their 2022 brief does not have an answer about costs and conveys a similar message: “Inquiring minds want to get a better sense of what it costs to run elections that are efficient, accurate and secure.”

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Date: 2025-03-29
eManual Section: 9
eManual Section Title: Myth-Debunking Workbook
eManual SubSection Title: Finding: Hand Counting Saves Money
eManual page number: 258
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