Elections have a dirty secret: Counting lots of ballots with absolute precision is impossible. Those infamous hanging chads from a decade ago are just one of the many glitches that can—and do—arise. Several states require a super- careful hand count in select precincts to double-check close results, and they nearly always find miscounted ballots. A few such slipups don’t matter, but multiple mistakes will alter the election results. Most laws leave the determination of the recount threshold to the discretion of registrars.
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Decode: Do the Pachinko Puzzle
The hottest redemption game in Japan is pachinko, which takes in tens of billions of dollars a year. On this pachinko board, each type of pin impacts your score differently. But
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