MO-SOS: Push for hand-counting ballots a key divide in race for Missouri Secretary of State
In April 2023, Osage County Clerk Nicci Kammerich agreed to an experiment — she would tally municipal election results by hand, a move urged by residents who argued it would be cheaper, quicker and more secure.
The results, Kammerich wrote after the election, were the opposite.
The vote count finished three hours later than the previous year, it cost more and the results were less reliable, she wrote.The people she hired as election judges, she wrote, said they would quit if hand counting continued.
“After considering all factors of this election and comparing it to other elections that are similar, I fear that if we were to continue hand counting it would cost us more in time, money, losing volunteers and accuracy of votes,” Kammerich wrote.
https://missouriindependent.com/2024/10/25/push-for-hand-counting-ballots-a-key-divide-in-race-for-missouri-secretary-of-state/