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32. I have always been an advocate for hand counting of paper ballots

Reply to iemanja (Reply #25)

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

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Given the ill feelings and suspicions about the election, [View all] cilla4progress Nov 11 OP

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