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questionseverything

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16. is still a trust me system

Reply to csziggy (Reply #14)

Sun Jun 14, 2020, 11:52 PM

Jun 2020

we need hand counted paper ballots in full public view and a tight chain of custody in the reporting

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Georgia's Flawed Software Caused Ballot Tabulation Errors [View all] diva77 Jun 2020 OP

"errors" my ass ... no money spared in investigating Georgia's elections. uponit7771 Jun 2020 #1

Exactly. diva77 Jun 2020 #2

"errors" - We need to start calling crimes crimes. lagomorph777 Jun 2020 #28

I agree. However, I think CGG is careful with words because they fight for election integrity using diva77 Jun 2020 #30

Why am I not surprised. Many thanks to CGG for their difficult and tedious work. nt 42bambi Jun 2020 #3

They were successful in ridding GA of the paperless DREs (very hard work), but then GA forked out diva77 Jun 2020 #6

there is a paper ballot to count isn't there? questionseverything Jun 2020 #12

I would be willing to bet these problems will be worse in November dlk Jun 2020 #4

You can count on it. No pun intended. diva77 Jun 2020 #8

Truly dlk Jun 2020 #10

KEMP insisted on buying the new voting machines from HIS campaign contributor. It wasn't any of the napi21 Jun 2020 #5

Even if there were time, they probably wouldn't do the testing properly. Zero times zero is diva77 Jun 2020 #9

There was a report today that the major problems with voting was the software. There's NO napi21 Jun 2020 #11

They just bought the Diebold machines in 2008. KentuckyWoman Jun 2020 #18

They had lots of major probllems with the Dibold machines. Most of them just weren't working napi21 Jun 2020 #21

Remember when Republicans said... Grins Jun 2020 #7

Pure MIHOP. "Errors" my rosy Irish ass. nt Hekate Jun 2020 #13

The paper ballots with scanners work very well **IF** the scanner is programmed correctly csziggy Jun 2020 #14

is still a trust me system questionseverything Jun 2020 #16

Yes - the key is having a Supervisor of Elections we can trust csziggy Jun 2020 #20

no the key is having citizen oversight questionseverything Jun 2020 #25

Both (or all) parties need to be able to witness the count. lagomorph777 Jun 2020 #29

This is how it was always done in LA at the precinct level with hand counted paper ballots diva77 Jun 2020 #32

yes indeed questionseverything Jun 2020 #33

+1000000 crickets Jun 2020 #31

tyty questionseverything Jun 2020 #34

it always amazes me how we're able to totally screw up Buns_of_Fire Jun 2020 #15

That is not an error. It is by design. NT KentuckyWoman Jun 2020 #17

That's right. It's a feature, not a bug. Nevilledog Jun 2020 #19

Exactly. I wish the press release had put "errors" in quotes diva77 Jun 2020 #23

I'm not surprised. aikoaiko Jun 2020 #22

IOW everything went according to plan. SoonerPride Jun 2020 #24

It's good enough. Saying "voting is broken" is Republican, just like saying "government is broken." gulliver Jun 2020 #26

Not sure I'm following the logic of your post. You think inaccurate vote counting is good enough? diva77 Jun 2020 #27