On May 11, 2008, at 10:23 PM, Kathy Dopp wrote:
On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 11:15 PM, Jonathan Lundell
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On May 11, 2008, at 10:00 PM, Kathy Dopp wrote:
However, I had not even thought of the need to
count all state-level races at the State-level, rather than the
county
level, or about some of the other issues you mentioned.
I don't see that as a significant problem these days. There has to
be a
You are kidding me I hope. Virtually every State gives authority to
count elections and to certify results to the county or township
election officials. That would be a MAJOR change in every State in the
nation. Probably the majority of State election officials are not
even capable of putting all the election results they obtain from each
county into a standard format, let alone manipulate it accurately.
What states are you referring to? Most of my experience is with
California, where (not untypically, I'm sure) most legislative
districts cross county lines. The CA SoS does a pretty decent job of
consolidating returns for those and statewide elections, and given the
lack of statewide counting standards, I'd be fairly happy having
Sacramento do the counts.
Research that issue and prove me wrong, but that would throw a huge
monkey wrench into the works in virtually all states I know about.
roll-up *somewhere*, and it's probably easier for the counties to
send the
ballots, via some electronic method,
Yikes. You want all the ballots to be [EMAIL PROTECTED] You really want
to invite fraudulent manipulation.
I don't know about your state, but in California I'm fairly sure that
the counties don't send their subtotals to Sacramento by Pony Express.
Yes, I want county results, whether as subtotals or ballot data, to be
sent electronically, and securely.
In my county, paper ballots are already being scanned for the count. I
don't foresee a change to hand counting any time soon.
to a central counting facility where
they're counted once, rathr than do a bunch of local counts and
send those
results.
OK. Let's let the most evil dishonest manipulative people who lie when
their mouths are moving, like Utah's Lt. Governor Herbert and
Maryland's Linda Lamone or Ohio's Blackwell (formerly) count ALL the
ballots for their entire State. Great idea for vote fraud. People who
want to rig elections will LOVE your plan.
So instead of enforcing a trustworthy central counting system in those
states, you're asking me to believe that all the county registrars are
fine, upstanding honest people who would never manipulate an election
if they could get away with it?
OK....
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