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To: Orcastraiter who wrote (23656)	12/26/2004 2:48:00 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (3) of 90947

Ever hear of a punch card counting machine? Hardly qualifies as a computer. Some of these machines did have electrical plugboards that could be wired to control how they interpreted the cards - to some extent. Zeroing the count was easy- -you just powered off the machine. Counts were kept by relays or vacuum tubes; when those lost power, then were powered on, they would come up in a "zero" state (if working correctly - never a certainty with that sort of electronics). So what so you advocate- -we go back to strictly hand counting of paper ballots? Quitchyerbellyakin and propose a workable solution.

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