Hi Penny, you wrote:
> I never said a word about a re-vote or about people casting >more than one
ballot. Maybe I didn't make myself clear in >relaying the experiences of an
"offical" counter in the state >of Oregon.
It's not that you weren't clear - I thought your post was interesting as to
hand-ballot counting aspects in other states and it just inspired other
related thoughts from me. But I'm curious - I heard the other day that
people in Oregon all vote by mail (and that's the reason given as to why it
took longer than most other states to tally the results). If you vote by
mail, do you still punch out holes in the ballot? I assumed you marked off
the choices another way.
> Like said, in Oregon, in the hand count process, when the
> counters can clearly see the desired intent of that voter's >ballot, their
vote is added accordingly to the tally. (Has >anyone heard how the 19,000
thrown out ballots are being >physically handled??)
All I've heard is that they are disqualified because two holes (two
presidential choices) were punched out. There's no information as to
whether they took out a pen and circled their intended choice. People who
had done this who have given news interviews only have said they
double-punched, not that they tried to correct their mistake. Some said
they asked for another ballot to redo but were refused.The people who
refused them said they could not provide another ballot because the
double-punched ones had already gone into the box.
Kakki
NP: CNN
