Dr. Douglas G. Frank: "They have a single day; they make it a national holiday. They have paper poll books. They have paper ballots, hand counting, and they report the results that night. So yes, of course, we can! There's no reason we can't."
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We used to have nothing but paper ballots, and the results came in almost as fast as they do now. A few things might take until the next morning.
My county still uses paper roll books and paper ballots, as the machines were crap and expensive. But they use an electric counter to count them as they are cast.