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2016 Postmortem

no_hypocrisy

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2. I'm was a poll worker in NJ.

Reply to UCmeNdc (Original post)

Sat Nov 26, 2016, 07:59 AM

Nov 2016

As soon as the polls close, the machines print out a paper total of votes, three to be exact. Each poll worker signs each strip. The totals are matched to the tickets collected for each vote. In other words, if a machine tabulates 250 votes, then there are 250 tickets. I wish there was a way to make sure that votes are inviolate, that is, that if a voter chooses Candidate A, the vote is tabulated on the machine as "A" and not switched to "B" and the paper trail reflects that vote accurately and the ticket shows the recorded vote.

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Should have a standard voting system within the United States [View all] UCmeNdc Nov 2016 OP

I agree that all voting methods should have a proper audit trail... TreasonousBastard Nov 2016 #1

A less personal, but far more common example to me... Wounded Bear Nov 2016 #7

random testing of machines is not sufficient. we need all hand-counted paper ballots. it has been d TheFrenchRazor Nov 2016 #9

I'm was a poll worker in NJ. no_hypocrisy Nov 2016 #2

"Why the ad lib voting system?"... because per the Constitution, the voting process is delegated to Grey Lemercier Nov 2016 #3

There is no sane reason for that BSdetect Nov 2016 #4

Only way to fix it is a constitutional amendment. Read the Federalist papers to see why Grey Lemercier Nov 2016 #5

I agree with your assessment except UCmeNdc Nov 2016 #6

that will take a constitutional amendment Grey Lemercier Nov 2016 #8

That's fascinating. I'll have to come back to read up on it later. Hekate Nov 2016 #11

I agree that changing the size of the House would be a better way SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2016 #13

yep, thats the Wyoming Rule I listed. I think its better than nothing Grey Lemercier Nov 2016 #15

50 states. States' Rights. Each state "a laboratory for democracy." I think it should be federalized Hekate Nov 2016 #10

K&R BSdetect Nov 2016 #12

I agree PatSeg Nov 2016 #14

The farce of Bush v. Gore Danmel Nov 2016 #16

right; we've had a repub loser "win" twice in 16 years, on untrustworthy voting machines. nt TheFrenchRazor Nov 2016 #18

Three times, probably DFW Nov 2016 #20

I'm afraid somebody is going to have to white hat hack and obliterate an election. tandem5 Nov 2016 #17

it may take something like that. nt TheFrenchRazor Nov 2016 #19