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Why one of the largest counties in Texas is going back to paper ballots

After a disastrous November election, Denton County is planning a complete return to paper ballots. The move is in part a response to voter distrust of electronic voting machines.

EMMA PLATOFF, Texas Tribune
Posted 7/4/17

Frank Phillips spent last Wednesday staring down 600 boxes of election materials — voted ballots, blank ballots, precinct records — sitting in a warehouse run by Denton County. After sitting in …

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