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Crash2Parties

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39. Hand counting is far less accurate than scan tron.
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 12:10 AM
Feb 2017

I get the feeling you haven't actually seen our systems, or the procedures in place, or how they can be tested for accuracy and audited. In 2004, we revamped the system, including decertifying a number of voting machine models & systems that were insecure.

There's a chain of custody not only for the ballots and machines before the election, but after as well. We also are transparent about every aspect of the machines, including the programming and testing. For instance,

Each qualified political party may employ, and have present at the central counting place or places, not more than two representatives to check and review the preparation and operation of the tabulating devices, their programming and testing, and have the representatives in attendance at any or all phases of the election. (§ 15004(a).)

Any bona fide association of citizens or a media organization may employ, and may have present at the central counting place or places, not more than two representatives to check and review the preparation and operation of the tabulating devices, their programming and testing, and have the representatives in attendance at any or all phases of the election. (§ 15004(b).)


And, all of our transparency is up on the web so you can check it yourself.
Constitutional Crisis in the making. democratisphere Feb 2017 #1
My opinion (for what that's worth) Canoe52 Feb 2017 #11
Color me jaded, I don't think that Benedict tRump, CO, will fold like a house of cards. SammyWinstonJack Feb 2017 #18
The alternative is going to be a real bitch. Canoe52 Feb 2017 #19
I suspect it will be a partial collapse anarch Feb 2017 #25
I have thought this since election night Control-Z Feb 2017 #2
And like after 2000, if we don't clean things up, we are doomed to repeat. C Moon Feb 2017 #3
Same here, m'dear. calimary Feb 2017 #17
So have I. BlueMTexpat Feb 2017 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author Soxfan58 Feb 2017 #24
This is true UCmeNdc Feb 2017 #4
California's ballots are paper, tallied by computer. It is accurate, secure and can be audited. Crash2Parties Feb 2017 #5
The whole country needs that system. UCmeNdc Feb 2017 #9
The repukes can't win that way and they know that. They're the ones trying AND succeeding SammyWinstonJack Feb 2017 #20
California is almost 100% Democratic - that's why there's no fraud and every ballot BlueCaliDem Feb 2017 #10
Very, very true. Kimchijeon Feb 2017 #37
Scanned can be programmed however you like. elehhhhna Feb 2017 #27
Hand counting is far less accurate than scan tron. Crash2Parties Feb 2017 #39
Paper ballots are not slow. lagomorph777 Feb 2017 #34
The hack of DU was an overt message directed at all of us. byronius Feb 2017 #6
Wow. Intl. brotherhood of mean-minded racist fucks. That one will stick wiith me. C Moon Feb 2017 #7
The hack of DU was directed because UCmeNdc Feb 2017 #13
+10000000. byronius Feb 2017 #28
Yeah I know, although I sadly wish I could say Kimchijeon Feb 2017 #38
What upsets me the most is they don't give a rat's ass what THE PEOPLE want. butdiduvote Feb 2017 #8
Yes!!! C Moon Feb 2017 #12
Well said! narnian60 Feb 2017 #16
Well said! That's my opinion of the Republican party too. Welcome to DU. nt raccoon Feb 2017 #23
Indeed! The "slow-moving coup" Bill Maher warned us about . . . cer7711 Feb 2017 #14
What does the Federalist Society think about one party rule? SleeplessinSoCal Feb 2017 #15
He stole it - they stole it malaise Feb 2017 #22
This x 1000 stopbush Feb 2017 #26
Dems have been too gullible about voting flamingdem Feb 2017 #29
Too focused on other things. Including currying favor with donors, IMO. JudyM Feb 2017 #32
I Agree, But Here's The Silver Lining ChoppinBroccoli Feb 2017 #30
I don't know it to be the truth. NCTraveler Feb 2017 #31
The fact of the matter remains that even with all of this against us Blue_Tires Feb 2017 #33
Sometimes i wonder would all this have happened if Scalia didn't die Hawaii Hiker Feb 2017 #35
That's a big part of it Calculating Feb 2017 #36
THANK YOU! Some of us have been saying this from jump and gotten a LOT of flack for it LaydeeBug Feb 2017 #40
How much I agree with you is beyond my words to describe. triron Feb 2017 #41
K&R mvd Feb 2017 #42
Yep. Lucinda Feb 2017 #43
kick for visibility triron Feb 2017 #44
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