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Honeycombe8

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65. Actual paper ballots were preserved and recounted in FL in 2000. ???
Tue Dec 12, 2017, 09:59 AM
Dec 2017

But that's what I was saying. It doesn't ask for actual ballots, but "images" of ballots. Images are not normally made of ballots. That's extremely expensive (I used to have imaging of documents made in my job...it's very costly. There's a charge for each image, plus handling charges and such. I doubt small districts would have the money for that. I got a quote once for about 50 boxes of documents. The cost to image was going to be about $10,000.)

So I guess the effect is that if a district can't afford to image them, they will preserve the actual ballots, if they didn't have electronic voting.

I haven't used a paper ballot in years. Most seem to have gone to electronic voting. There are no ballots at all, but there may be images of the votes I punched in, associated with my name? Not sure how that works or what it looks like on the electronic counting side I would think that what they would have is a printout of voter name, and who each voted for and the date, in a report format (plus the sign-in sheets).

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repubes outraged Achilleaze Dec 2017 #1
Scrambling - for sure. laserhaas Dec 2017 #2
ty 4 posting questionseverything Dec 2017 #51
Dems have to do this across the country from now on. brush Dec 2017 #57
now alabama supremes struck it down questionseverything Dec 2017 #58
WTF! laserhaas Dec 2017 #62
Interesting development especially pro-actively nm AmericanActivist Dec 2017 #3
E actly laserhaas Dec 2017 #44
Great News! leftieNanner Dec 2017 #4
There were 2 HBO documentaries about destroyed records laserhaas Dec 2017 #7
THIS takes a court injuction? LiberalLovinLug Dec 2017 #5
One would think laserhaas Dec 2017 #8
it is about access questionseverything Dec 2017 #54
that will piss Pootie off Motley13 Dec 2017 #6
So let it be written...let it get done laserhaas Dec 2017 #45
So, of course ... Jopin Klobe Dec 2017 #9
I know...my thoughts laserhaas Dec 2017 #11
Actually, originals already kept by law. yallerdawg Dec 2017 #15
But they have habits of being lost laserhaas Dec 2017 #23
The last sentence tells the story. Wellstone ruled Dec 2017 #26
That's a great thingy laserhaas Dec 2017 #46
not exactly questionseverything Dec 2017 #52
K&R...Thanks for posting red dog 1 Dec 2017 #10
He still has to keep zipped lips laserhaas Dec 2017 #12
K and R!!!!!!! BadgerMom Dec 2017 #13
Yup laserhaas Dec 2017 #24
Putin's not going to like this. C Moon Dec 2017 #14
Well...at least he can't throw U S. out a windiw laserhaas Dec 2017 #36
And with Putin all ready to congratulate Roy Moore Farmer-Rick Dec 2017 #16
A coo laserhaas Dec 2017 #17
surprise i love it bluestarone Dec 2017 #18
Should be this way laserhaas Dec 2017 #37
Does it matter whether or not the ballots are paper? BigmanPigman Dec 2017 #19
Think that order covers digital laserhaas Dec 2017 #21
Not as much as some people think... Wounded Bear Dec 2017 #22
People were swapping out ballots and ballot boxes a long time before there was electricity. LiberalArkie Dec 2017 #30
Yup laserhaas Dec 2017 #47
There oughta be unified system..nstionwide laserhaas Dec 2017 #38
In Alabama no less. Huge!! ffr Dec 2017 #20
Yup laserhaas Dec 2017 #48
So why is some digital "imaging" any less prone to tampering than actual ballots? Seriously. ancianita Dec 2017 #25
Previously...losing parties did minimum due diligence laserhaas Dec 2017 #39
this is why questionseverything Dec 2017 #53
Thanks ancianita Dec 2017 #66
"Voter Suppression Will Play a Crucial Role in Alabama Senate Race" red dog 1 Dec 2017 #27
And 2018 and 2020 laserhaas Dec 2017 #40
Will that tell anyone anything? Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 #28
No, apparently, it's the ballots themselves RandomAccess Dec 2017 #31
That's what I said. IMAGES of the electronic voting. Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 #33
brad blog explains questionseverything Dec 2017 #55
Actual paper ballots were preserved and recounted in FL in 2000. ??? Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 #65
Images are not expensive. They're digital. Easily storable. My problem is that images can be made up ancianita Dec 2017 #68
it is about transparency and complying with federal law questionseverything Dec 2017 #71
the macines already have the imaging..it is a matter of preserving them questionseverything Dec 2017 #70
Then..by 21st laserhaas Dec 2017 #49
Due diligence is helpful laserhaas Dec 2017 #41
Hooray, Hooray, HOORAY RandomAccess Dec 2017 #29
Taking Alabama Senate seat laserhaas Dec 2017 #42
They have paper ballots in Alabama? McCamy Taylor Dec 2017 #32
Paper ballots weren't ordered preserved. nt Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 #34
Ummm...where did you see that? laserhaas Dec 2017 #50
Those links in the OP don't point to the actual legislation or request.... Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 #64
ballots are preserved but we cant look at them w/o proving fraud questionseverything Dec 2017 #56
If that language reported in the post is correct, it doesn't request paper ballots preserved. nt Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 #63
Looking into it laserhaas Dec 2017 #43
What kind of dirty trick is that? Turbineguy Dec 2017 #35
Ha Ha laserhaas Dec 2017 #61
Per Greg Palast - Alabama Supreme Court over-ruled this... TheDebbieDee Dec 2017 #59
Boy Republicans sure hate fair and honest elections, don't they? Kablooie Dec 2017 #60
it would just take ONE federal Supreme to stay that stay wouldn't it? yurbud Dec 2017 #67
There will be 2 sets of ballots FakeNoose Dec 2017 #73
Does that not include provisional and absentee ballots? THat's where they get them. Those Amaryllis Dec 2017 #69
How in the fruk ...does a court go on the record laserhaas Dec 2017 #72
Moore lost laserhaas Dec 2017 #74
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