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... Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas and Gov. Ned Lamont held a press conference Thursday to identify the nine cities and towns that will use the new tabulators in a pilot program before they become standard next year.

The voters' experience will be unchanged and might have gone without notice in another time. But Donald J. Trump's repeated and debunked claims of a stolen presidential election raise the profile of even the mechanics of voting

"Here we are in a day and age where people are casting shade on elections, the integrity of elections," Lamont said.

The foundations of the system are unchanged: Voters will make their choices on paper ballots, then place them in machines that scan and tabulate the votes. As always has been the case, the tabulators are not on line.

"You can double check -- you've got a paper backup," Lamont said. "You can actually count at the end of the day by hand, if you want to." ...