Iowa Voters

Democrats loved HAVA in the beginning. It was going to end the large number of spoiled or undervoted ballots that plagued some Democratic precincts. “Don’t worry about that paper trail nonsense,” they said. “Democrats will win more votes with new e-vote machines because more votes will get counted.”

New Mexico saw the opposite result. In 2004 they made the switch to electronic machines. In 2006 they switched back to voter marked paper as a way to satisfy the public demand for paper trails. The undervote rate went up six-fold in some of the most Democratic precincts in 2004 and came back down in 2006. Stunning.

Here’s the research: link

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