Can a state count all its votes by hand? A North Dakota proposal...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Backers of the proposed ballot measure are far from gathering enough signatures, but if the plan makes the June 2024 ballot and voters pass it, North Dakota would have to replace ballot scanners with hundreds of workers across the state who would carefully count and recount ballots.
43% : Former Secretary of State Al Jaeger, a Republican who oversaw North Dakota´s elections for 30 years through 2022, rejected Gessele's claims, saying, "There was nothing that took place that would have changed the outcome of a vote.
22% : North Dakota Republican Secretary of State Michael Howe said he opposes the proposed measure because hand counts are less standardized than using scanners.

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