How Do Voting Systems Really Work Behind the Scenes?

Voting systems are like the behind-the-scenes helpers of elections. When you cast your vote, it goes through a special machine or a person who counts all the votes and adds them up to find out who won. It's like having a helper that keeps track of how many candies each kid got in a party.

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  1. A child uses a simple paper ballot like a ticket in a race.
  2. A teacher counts the number of votes each student got on their classroom election.
  3. A machine tallies all the votes for a class president at once.

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