Letting the Voter Count

CzinZumerzet · 10-20-2004, 07:17 AM

We use paper and pencil and every town count is rigourously observed throughout. A re-count is easy although clearly here in the UK the numbers are a great deal smaller than in the US so it might take longer. So what? How long did your last one take to reach a final number few people actually believed in?

glatt · 10-20-2004, 08:18 AM

I would feel much more confident in a paper ballot where I fill in the ovals with a number two pencil. You can run it through the scanners as many times as you want, and the "chad" won't fall out. You can have a permanant record that you can go back to as many times as you want. You can even count them manually if you want to double-check the results of the scanners. Also, before I turn it in, I can visually see that my vote has been cast the way I want it to.

I have almost no faith in the electronic machines that my county has switched to in the last two years. (Not Deibold.) I trust my county officials are honest and mean well, but that's the only faith I have in the whole system. The technology is unproven. In fact, all the evidence points to the possibility of flaws in the technology.

10-20-2004, 07:17 AM	#1
CzinZumerzet .....short for Caz Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: The West Coast of England Posts: 358	We use paper and pencil and every town count is rigourously observed throughout. A re-count is easy although clearly here in the UK the numbers are a great deal smaller than in the US so it might take longer. So what? How long did your last one take to reach a final number few people actually believed in? __________________ ..down by the zea zippin' zider

10-20-2004, 08:18 AM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I would feel much more confident in a paper ballot where I fill in the ovals with a number two pencil. You can run it through the scanners as many times as you want, and the "chad" won't fall out. You can have a permanant record that you can go back to as many times as you want. You can even count them manually if you want to double-check the results of the scanners. Also, before I turn it in, I can visually see that my vote has been cast the way I want it to. I have almost no faith in the electronic machines that my county has switched to in the last two years. (Not Deibold.) I trust my county officials are honest and mean well, but that's the only faith I have in the whole system. The technology is unproven. In fact, all the evidence points to the possibility of flaws in the technology.

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