“With voting machines, "They say we're going to have the results in two weeks. With paper ballots, you have the results that night.”
What PolitiFact found
Machines that tabulate votes are faster and more accurate ballot-counters than humans, according to studies and past election experience. Eliminating vote-counting machines and relying solely on humans to count paper ballots would, in most cases, lengthen the vote-counting time and require more personnel and money. Large jurisdictions would be particularly affected because they handle larger numbers of ballots, often with numerous races.
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In short
Donald Trump (president) made this claim around 18 August 2025. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 19 August 2025, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
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