US Midterm Elections: How America casts and counts its votes

US Midterm Elections: How America casts and counts its votes

Claims of election fraud have sharply eroded public trust in the integrity of US elections.

Recent survey findings state that only 20% of the American public is confident in the election system.

Heading into the 2022 midterms, experts said most states would adopt the hybrid voting systems.

A healthy mix of paper ballots tallied by electronic machines would reportedly give voters greater confidence.

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Here's how Americans will cast their vote for midterm elections in November this year.

1. Electronic voting machines: The US invested in paperless electronic voting machines after George W Bush shook election officials' confidence in paper ballots.

For November midterms, 5% of registered voters are likely to use electronic voting machines without paper trails.

2. Paper ballots: Nearly 70% of registered voters primarily use hand-marked paper ballots.

Experts say paper ballots allow voters to verify how they voted and officials to cross-check results in post-election audits.

When Trump claimed fraud in states after losing to Joe Biden, officials were able to hand-count votes and confirm Biden had indeed won the state.

3. Vote-tabulating systems: These are machines used to tabulate paper ballots.

In this process the Ballots are first marked by voters and then scanned to have the votes tabulated.

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