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Explaining Election Day: How voting machines are used and protected

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Voting machines have been at the center of a web of conspiracy theories since the 2020 election, with false claims that they were manipulated to steal the presidency from Donald Trump. When it comes to actual voting, most voters mark their ballots by hand, and then that ballot is put into a machine that it scans the ballot and count the votes. In some parts of the country, voters will use a machine that marks their ballots for them and will either print a paper ballot or a paper receipt that can be used in the event of any questions about the election. Election officials say there are safeguards in place to protect the voting systems.

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