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Election Reform

SaveTheMackerel

(37 posts)

6. I don't trust the vote counters.

Reply to Ellipsis (Original post)

Fri Feb 19, 2016, 07:59 PM

Feb 2016

They expect us to believe that handing off our ballots to a private company will make things more accurate? That just means they get to pick who wins. I'm sure no one will bribe that company, and that the owner is not political (sarcasm).

The only correct way to do it is to let each candidate count the votes in series with their own scanners. That or have hand counters count each stack by 3 different people who don't know each other, to see if they get the same numbers.

Shall we put this to a vote? If it fails to pass, we know why. What can we do about that? Demand to count them before they leave the precinct so they can't swap them out?

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Any opinion on Express vote voting machines [View all] Ellipsis Feb 2016 OP

It's touchscreen. Wilms Feb 2016 #1

Yeah I know, I used one today... two part system, one prints the other tabulates Ellipsis Feb 2016 #2

Are there ADEQUATE audits? Wilms Feb 2016 #3

Don't know... I'll find out it is a progressive lttle town though. Ellipsis Feb 2016 #4

Generally it is a state issue. Wilms Feb 2016 #5

I don't trust the vote counters. SaveTheMackerel Feb 2016 #6