General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: How about a Voters' Revolution? [View all]questionseverything
(11,737 posts)was thrilled with the transparency, loved that the first question was ,how many voted and do we have that many ballots
most states never look at this
personally I do not think random sampling is enough and setting a low number (like 1%) differences leaves a rig like the rawl/greene result in place
running out of time for today but I have enjoyed the discussion and want to leave you with one last example of a huge rig because just because they haven't totally subverted democracy in minn does not mean they will not keep trying
http://www.sweetremedy.tv/fatallyflawed/media/RTA_Fraud_Flyer_3_7_12.pdf
At the present time, it is easy to cheat using our election computers and impossible to challenge
a rigged election. And because it is illegal in Arizona to hand count paper ballots, the computer
results must be accepted. The ease of cheating when matched with the impossibility of
challenging any specific election requires court intervention to protect the purity of elections
and public confidence in election results a cornerstone of our democracy.
Proposed New Requirements For All Local & County Races
Our primary choice of remedy is independent graphic scanning of all ballots scanning of
early ballots as they are tabulated and scanning of precinct ballots at a receiving station after the
polls close. These ballot images would then be posted on a public website starting no earlier than
one hour after the polls close so anyone could count the ballots via the images. Fast turnaround
is necessitated by Arizonas tough requirement that challenges to an election occur within 5 days
of the final canvas.
This scanning must be publicly observable and done by an independent system not by the
same system that generated the original tally. In addition, the scanning stations capability should
be limited to taking pictures of pieces of paper and not interpreting the meaning of ballot
marks. That way, the graphic scanner cannot be programmed to cheat. Arizona law requires that
voter anonymity be preserved but does not require ballot secrecy. Posting the ballot images
publicly does not violate this requirement and is the best way to achieve election transparency.
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