Election Reform
In reply to the discussion: Unverified results of KY's governor's race [View all]Stevepol
(4,234 posts)"So far the final vote from my precinct is the same after counting at the Cnty clerk." ???
It was counted again at the County Clerk's office and the result was the same?
What was counted? How was it counted? Did they check the paper print-outs from the eslate?
Does eslate have a paper print-out?
Is the eslate an optiscan machine? In that case were the paper ballots fed through the machine again?
You mean the machine did a check on itself? Or the machine was checked to see if it was working?
I can't really understand anything of what you're saying. I get it that the people there are upright, diligent, conscientious people,
but what difference does that make if the paper is never counted? I doubt that very many machines are "hacked" remotely nowadays and it's unlikely with the care that you say is taken in your precinct that this would happen. Also the results would only be put through a man in the middle affair if somebody was in charge with power to do so like Karl Rove, who used this method in OH in 04. The method of choice by now I feel sure is just pre-packaging at the factory with the program being altered at some point of maintenance or preparation for the service of the computers. Who knows really?
The vote counting should be totally transparent and open to observation as it happens with real people hand-counting paper ballots and agreeing on each vote and recording the vote. Case closed. I can't see how anything you've described has anything to do with the actual counting of the votes, which I presume takes place entirely inside the DRE.