There may be a common perception that the county chairs of the Gillespie Democratic and Republican parties would not agree on much. But that would not be accurate.

In last week’s opinion piece, former Republican County Chair Mo Saiidi talked about the push from the far right both here and nationally for hand-counting ballots.

All the reliable data shows that hand-counting is less reliable, less timely and more expensive than the system currently in use here (as well as procedures used nationwide...