FEATURE / Taiwan may be a tech hub, but use of paper ballots steeped in history
01/14/2024 07:06 PM
Manually casting and counting paper ballots may seem out of tune in a high-tech hub, but that is how Taiwan has always handled its elections, including in 2024, when Taiwanese cast 42 million votes for presidential and legislative candidates.
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