Can a state count all its votes by hand? A North Dakota proposal aims to be the first to try
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North Dakota State Election Director Erika White, at left, accepts ballot measure paperwork on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, from Lydia Gessele, at right, at the state Capitol in Bismarck, N.D. Gessele chairs the sponsoring committee of a proposed ballot measure that if passed would enact many changes for election procedures in North Dakota, such as mandating ballots be hand-counted. (AP Photo/Jack Dura)FILE - Election Judge Victoria Collwell places a "Vote Here" sign into the ground in front of the Argusville, N.D., Firehall Community Center in rural Cass County just before the polls open on Election Day, Nov. 6, 2012. North Dakota would become the first state to require hand-counting of all election ballots if voters back a proposed ballot measure that would achieve a goal of activists across the country who distrust modern vote counting. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)North Dakota Republican Secretary of State Michael Howe stands in Memorial Hall of the state Capitol in Bismarck, N.D., on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. Howe, a former state representative, was elected North Dakota's top election official in 2022. He opposes a proposed ballot measure that would change many election procedures in the state, such as requiring all ballots be hand-counted. (AP Photo/Jack Dura)
North Dakota State Election Director Erika White, at left, accepts ballot measure paperwork on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, from Lydia Gessele, at right, at the state Capitol in Bismarck, N.D. Gessele chairs the sponsoring committee of a proposed ballot measure that if passed would enact many changes for election procedures in North Dakota, such as mandating ballots be hand-counted. (AP Photo/Jack Dura)