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SickOfTheOnePct

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50. I never said it was impossible

Thu Dec 1, 2016, 05:46 AM

Dec 2016

I was just pointing out that your comment to the poster that the math was off was incorrect, so it is indeed impossible for three people to count one million votes in a day.

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Wisconsin Election Officials CAN'T ADD: 3.5 Million recount now 3.9 million due to adding error [View all] Land Shark Nov 2016 OP

Fwiw Bush v Gore was ruled as a case not to have precedence on anything else. Tiggeroshii Nov 2016 #1

That's the way I remember it too. eom Blanks Nov 2016 #10

Except that lower courts are bound by ALL supreme Court rulings Land Shark Nov 2016 #13

Not to go down the Bush v Gore rabbit hole, but.. yodermon Nov 2016 #15

Agree. I think SCOTUS knew their decision was wrong, and dmr Nov 2016 #27

I heard Steve Breyer say something close to that a year or so later DFW Dec 2016 #52

yeah, it was sureal. nt TheFrenchRazor Nov 2016 #41

largest county population is 947,735 TOTAL, rest are about 20k-40k TOTAL.less than half are voters. Sunlei Nov 2016 #2

3 people? metroins Nov 2016 #26

i think your math is off by a factor of 10. hand counts are totally doable; what do you think TheFrenchRazor Nov 2016 #42

No, it's not SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2016 #44

wow, how did they ever count votes before computers? guess it's impossible. not. nt TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #47

I never said it was impossible SickOfTheOnePct Dec 2016 #50

We can easily get numbers needed by summonsing process Land Shark Dec 2016 #54

okay, 50 people or so; i still don't think that adds up to costing $4M. nt TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #48

If it doesn't then she'll get money back n/t SickOfTheOnePct Dec 2016 #51

yeah,I did 'exaggerate' a little bit, this was back in the days when I'd do almost any job for cash Sunlei Dec 2016 #53

Didn't Gore ask for the selective recount? Trekologer Nov 2016 #3

The Gore campaign followed Florida election law gratuitous Nov 2016 #5

Stein was not denied a full recount n/t SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2016 #35

Only a full HAND recount. nt. druidity33 Nov 2016 #39

Yep SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2016 #40

The linked article shows Clinton campaign saying full hand count is required. Nt Land Shark Dec 2016 #45

In their opinion that may be true SickOfTheOnePct Dec 2016 #49

I'd add this as evidence that a recount is absolutely needed. Thav Nov 2016 #4

exactly Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #9

If they're this bad with math, we obviously can't trust them to count votes. Nt gollygee Nov 2016 #6

Wow... the shark. Ellipsis Nov 2016 #7

Nice to see ya. ;) Land Shark Nov 2016 #14

My big question is why did it cost over 500,000 to do a crony judge of the Koch's turbinetree Nov 2016 #8

correction jodymarie aimee Nov 2016 #25

Thanks for the correction turbinetree Nov 2016 #29

Add to that, the 5K came from 3 counties, 3 out of 72! anamandujano Nov 2016 #37

Like the saying goes from Apollo 13: Houston we have a problem in wisCONsin turbinetree Nov 2016 #38

It sounds like just a re run through the same possibly hacked machines libtodeath Nov 2016 #11

They will hand coutnt in Dane (Madison) and Portage counties Land Shark Nov 2016 #16

56 Counties are doing hand or partial hand recounts. Ellipsis Nov 2016 #19

So where is the 3.5 million going? libtodeath Nov 2016 #20

How would I know... go find out. Ellipsis Nov 2016 #22

Thanks for the informative discussion libtodeath Nov 2016 #23

Anytime. Ellipsis Nov 2016 #24

Each county submitted an estimate and the state inaccurately tallied the estimates Land Shark Dec 2016 #46

To pay for anything that goes for doing the recount SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2016 #36

our gov't is a rotten-to-the-core joke, that's a fact. nt TheFrenchRazor Nov 2016 #43

Kinda like when they added up the votes. Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2016 #12

Too bad they can't just give us all a number that we can keep private and then put Maraya1969 Nov 2016 #17

Allows vote selling. It likely won't fly for that reason Land Shark Nov 2016 #34

How would it allow vote selling? I was thinking you would get the number right before Maraya1969 Dec 2016 #55

Whenever you confirm your vote in the proper column the vote buyer can confirm also Land Shark Dec 2016 #56

Creating grounds for later appeal? In case they don't like how things turn out, technicality .... Coyotl Nov 2016 #18

Raised again? Holy crap! anamandujano Nov 2016 #21

They want to make sure they don't undercharge her... Bob41213 Nov 2016 #28

I've never been worried about the money. It only bothers me that the path to the recount anamandujano Nov 2016 #30

Yes they will blame Stein for moving goalposts. Land Shark Nov 2016 #33

Steaming pile Lotusflower70 Nov 2016 #31

Yup. My guess is they don't resign but they should. No math skills Land Shark Nov 2016 #32