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questionseverything

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32. I have always been an advocate for hand counting of paper ballots
Tue Nov 12, 2024, 06:12 AM
Nov 12

I was happy Georgia’s ballots were hand counted, they found like 12oo ballots, btw, even though it didn’t change the outcome I thought it showed why hand counts are needed

Seriously doubt they will do it. Irish_Dem Nov 11 #1
I Want To Know If I Should Bother To Continue Voting SoCalDavidS Nov 11 #3
Yes if we know they rigged the election, it is over. Irish_Dem Nov 11 #4
Almost Makes Me Hope Our Side Loses SoCalDavidS Nov 11 #5
Yes that is part of the game Irish_Dem Nov 11 #7
There is almost nowhere for the economy to go but down bucolic_frolic Nov 11 #14
Why would it have to "go" anywhere? Think. Again. Nov 12 #28
And that is exactly what they want you to think soldierant Nov 11 #16
Yes the goal is to make for a complacent, defeated electorate. Irish_Dem Nov 12 #34
Which of those two options are worse? Babajida Nov 12 #24
They're Not Going To Though SoCalDavidS Nov 11 #2
Biden and Harris are very gracious and will only move forward with grace and style unless there is some fuck shit that SoFlaBro Nov 11 #6
So cilla4progress Nov 11 #22
No matter what anyone says, a computer counting the vote questionseverything Nov 11 #8
I remember those days, my mother helped to hand count. No reason not to do it that way. Nt lostnfound Nov 11 #9
The GOP wants this. Simply make up numbers! LeftInTX Nov 11 #11
How could they make up numbers? Think. Again. Nov 12 #29
My folks did too at the elementary school after the polls closed questionseverything Nov 11 #17
And when they did it in a small county, there were hundreds of errors. LeftInTX Nov 11 #10
I understand your point. Minimum decency is no longer expected... lostnfound Nov 11 #15
Most perform.audits and accuracy tests LeftInTX Nov 11 #18
I know that. But the article identifies an actual case where the audit would not catch it. lostnfound Nov 11 #19
If you're saying we can't have hand counts because of bad actors questionseverything Nov 11 #20
The issue is more the error rate which is much higher counting by hand EdmondDantes_ Nov 11 #21
The issue is transparency questionseverything Nov 11 #23
If we know there were "hundreds of errors", obviously those errors would be corrected. Think. Again. Nov 12 #30
Funny how this wasn't a problem in 2020 iemanja Nov 12 #25
I have always been an advocate for hand counting of paper ballots questionseverything Nov 12 #32
FUCK YES-NT CommonHumanity Nov 11 #12
In 2020 there was an election security guy, was his name Krebs? bucolic_frolic Nov 11 #13
What do you want explained? iemanja Nov 12 #26
Why do say that? Why would a lot of Dem actors "have to be" involved? Think. Again. Nov 12 #31
No election officials would necessarily know questionseverything Nov 12 #33
I had these thoughts but Ontheboundry Nov 12 #27
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