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cureautismnow

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3. As I understand it, they will only hand count undervotes and overvotes.

Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)

Thu Nov 15, 2018, 06:58 PM

Nov 2018

They will assume that the ballots that went through the machines without errors were counted correctly. That's not a true hand count. A true hand matches the machine counts against hand counts. I would never trust the counting machines without a paper verification.

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Florida Senate Race Heads to a Hand Recount [View all] red dog 1 Nov 2018 OP

This is great news Gothmog Nov 2018 #1

Florida, view this post about making sure your vote counted Eric J in MN Nov 2018 #2

Thanks for that link red dog 1 Nov 2018 #5

You're welcome. NT Eric J in MN Nov 2018 #9

As I understand it, they will only hand count undervotes and overvotes. cureautismnow Nov 2018 #3

+ 1 red dog 1 Nov 2018 #4

Hillsborough County turns up 846 fewer Votes! WTF?! cureautismnow Nov 2018 #6

I'd like to verify that Putin didn't change the election results. (eom) StevieM Nov 2018 #8

In MN, our optical scanners Eric J in MN Nov 2018 #10

That's a nice feature to have, but it appears not every MN county got updated machines. cureautismnow Nov 2018 #12

What about the governor's race? hlthe2b Nov 2018 #7

After the so-called recount was completed, the Repuke DeSantis appears to have won red dog 1 Nov 2018 #14

Damn, damn, damn... hlthe2b Nov 2018 #15

Florida should get rid of these ridiculously tight deadlines for recounts. NT Eric J in MN Nov 2018 #11

+ Infinity cureautismnow Nov 2018 #13