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Why is it possible to run out of something that could (should) be handled entirely digitally?
Tom Scott does a great job of explaining this. Tr;Dr is paper ballots are a mature process that has the benefit of requiring physical access to tamper with, and governments who aren't great at IT and only do something at scale once 4 years is asking for trouble
https://youtu.be/egeMAIXYIvI?si=_o3lyAjKsRobUbLq
https://youtu.be/LkH2r-sNjQs?si=xSQdMh4uzC2u4-oz