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Roland99

(53,345 posts) Tue Nov 13, 2018, 09:28 PM Nov 2018

THIS is why a hand recount is so necessary in FL!!

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THIS is why a hand recount is so necessary in FL!! (Original Post) Roland99 Nov 2018 OP

Yes, this is why ballots like that will be hand counted manor321 Nov 2018 #1

At that point, the machine would kick it out and it would go to people for verification. GemDigger Nov 2018 #2

Are you saying you know that is the process in that county in FLORIDA? pnwmom Nov 2018 #4

No. But I did see the machines they use and they are the same as ours. GemDigger Nov 2018 #5

So maybe the 'rick scott' vote had the preponderance to cause an overvote? angstlessk Nov 2018 #3

I know this is wishful thinking but why not just go ahead and hand count everything? In It to Win It Nov 2018 #6

I think that it could cause delays that might keep the Nelson/Scott recount from BlueInRedHell Nov 2018 #10

convinietly, all those errors are always in favor of gop AlexSFCA Nov 2018 #7

This is another reason why Al Gore was cheated in 2000 Stargleamer Nov 2018 #8

Oh, I see. There's a small mark in the Scott circle that the machine read as a vote. But it's not.nt Honeycombe8 Nov 2018 #9

manor321

(3,344 posts)

1. Yes, this is why ballots like that will be hand counted

Reply to Roland99 (Original post)

Tue Nov 13, 2018, 09:32 PM

Nov 2018

Note, they're not going to try to hand count every ballot. Just the ones the machines kick out as under or over votes.

GemDigger

(4,380 posts)

2. At that point, the machine would kick it out and it would go to people for verification.

Reply to Roland99 (Original post)

Tue Nov 13, 2018, 09:35 PM

Nov 2018

A better explanation here...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10621252

Edit to add: Those ballots go to a table of three peeps for duplication, they are stamped and numbered.

If there is an issue they are given to a supervisor and given to another set of people who will duplicate those ballots, stamp it saying duplicate, writing SPOILED on the ballot that had issues. The spoiled ballot goes into an envelope and the good ballot is returned to the machine for counting.

pnwmom

(110,324 posts)

4. Are you saying you know that is the process in that county in FLORIDA?

Reply to GemDigger (Reply #2)

Tue Nov 13, 2018, 09:38 PM

Nov 2018

GemDigger

(4,380 posts)

5. No. But I did see the machines they use and they are the same as ours.

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #4)

Tue Nov 13, 2018, 09:43 PM

Nov 2018

It's the machines that do the counting. I also heard that the spoiled ballots were mixed in with the good ballots but I can't imagine that they do NOT have a way to figure it out. The thing that will take forever is the amount of ballots that need to be done.

angstlessk

(11,862 posts)

3. So maybe the 'rick scott' vote had the preponderance to cause an overvote?

Reply to Roland99 (Original post)

Tue Nov 13, 2018, 09:38 PM

Nov 2018

Just WOW...just some kind of mismatch?

In It to Win It

(12,809 posts)

6. I know this is wishful thinking but why not just go ahead and hand count everything?

Reply to Roland99 (Original post)

Tue Nov 13, 2018, 09:48 PM

Nov 2018

If you're going to hand count everything anyway, I don't see why not do it for the governor's race also.

BlueInRedHell

(100 posts)

10. I think that it could cause delays that might keep the Nelson/Scott recount from

Reply to In It to Win It (Reply #6)

Wed Nov 14, 2018, 12:03 AM

Nov 2018

completing by the deadline. Otherwise, I'd be ALL for it.

AlexSFCA

(6,321 posts)

7. convinietly, all those errors are always in favor of gop

Reply to Roland99 (Original post)

Tue Nov 13, 2018, 11:11 PM

Nov 2018

Stargleamer

(2,777 posts)

8. This is another reason why Al Gore was cheated in 2000

Reply to Roland99 (Original post)

Tue Nov 13, 2018, 11:39 PM

Nov 2018

by Scalia et al for stopping the examination of both overvotes and undervotes.

We all were hurt by that stolen election.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)

9. Oh, I see. There's a small mark in the Scott circle that the machine read as a vote. But it's not.nt

Reply to Roland99 (Original post)

Tue Nov 13, 2018, 11:40 PM

Nov 2018

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