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Precinct count card reader (last illustration)

Hi, how does this system actually work? Once the ballot has been inserted to ensure that the votes are registered in the machine, does it automatically succeed like when you stamp a card? And then the same card, where is it stored? thank you very much. https://americanhistory.si.edu/vote/design.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.41.100.198 (talk) 22:21, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Splitting a paragraph in a Wikipedia footnote into two separate parts

Just how exactly do I split a paragraph in a Wikipedia footnote into two separate parts? Futurist110 (talk) 23:22, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Try separating them with one blank line in between.  --Lambiam 09:14, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

What do you mean? I assume you mean the reference section, but what do want to do? Split it into columns? Have a bibliography section pointing to a reference section? If you can give the title a page with the feature you want, we can tell you how it was achieved. LongHairedFop (talk) 09:25, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

My first attempt did not work, but this does: separate them by <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{{thinsp}}, as in

<ref>Adam & Eve (4004 BC).<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{{thinsp}}For a contrary view, see Dawkins R. (2002).</ref>

The output will look more or less like:

1. ^ Adam & Eve (4004 BC).
        For a contrary view, see Dawkins R. (2002).

 --Lambiam 09:39, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

If you mean use multiple paragraphs in an indent or something, I usually insert an HTML <p> tag. 2602:24A:DE47:BB20:50DE:F402:42A6:A17D (talk) 07:43, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

The main difference using <p> instead of <br> is that it gives more vertical spacing than the standard spacing between lines.  --Lambiam 10:29, 1 February 2021 (UTC)