Votebeat looks at Hand-Counting Paper Ballots in Gillespie County, Texas

Last week during Super Tuesday, the Gillespie County Republican Party conducted a hand-count of their approximately 8,000 primary ballots that lasted until 4:30 a.m. on Wednesday, as reported in a March 6, 2024?article for Votebeat .

Votebeat journalists Natalia Contreras and Jessica Huseman , reported that, "Gillespie County Republicans decided to hand-count primary ballots even though?experts agree, and?studies show the method is time-consuming, costly,?less accurate, and less secure than using machines."

From start to finish, the process (in the March 5, 2024 Primary) took almost 24 consecutive hours and involved around 200 people counting ballots compared to approximately 45 people needed over a few hours when tabulation machines were used by the Republican Party in Gillespie County during the 2020 primary.

For those who may have questions about hand-counting ballots, this detailed article and its highlighted sources are well worth the review.