Janelle King, one of the five board members, agreed that counting votes by hand takes longer, but emphasized, "What I don't want to do is set a precedent that we're OK with speed over accuracy." This highlights the tension between the desire for efficiency in voting processes and the need for accuracy in election results.
Rachael Cobb, a political scientist, argues against the belief that humans can count votes more accurately than machines, stating, "Humans make mistakes, that's part of being human. Machines also make mistakes, but we can test, audit and fix them." She emphasizes the systemic reliability of machines over human counters.
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