2016 Postmortem

reformist2

(9,841 posts) Sat May 21, 2016, 01:09 PM May 2016

Every ballot should be paper, preferably with Captcha! style authentication. No more computers.

I don't trust Diebold-voting machines as far as I can throw them.

And as far as counting goes, we can count with optical-scanners, but we need same-night auditing in every precinct to make sure the scanners are working. And we need several different people from different campaigns overseeing every step of the process. I don't care if the poll workers are up all night. I can wait until the next day for the official results if need be.

We spend over a year figuring out who to vote for. There is no need to find out the result in one hour.

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Every ballot should be paper, preferably with Captcha! style authentication. No more computers. (Original Post) reformist2 May 2016 OP

I'm sure your area is looking for poll workers. There's usually MineralMan May 2016 #1

Here in Oregon it's all paper, we use rolling audits and recounts and we still have 5% of the vote Bluenorthwest May 2016 #2

MineralMan

(146,341 posts)

1. I'm sure your area is looking for poll workers. There's usually

Reply to reformist2 (Original post)

Sat May 21, 2016, 01:27 PM

May 2016

a shortage of them, really. Contact your local voting authority (county clerk or auditor in most states) and ask how you can become a poll worker.

Bluenorthwest

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2. Here in Oregon it's all paper, we use rolling audits and recounts and we still have 5% of the vote

Reply to reformist2 (Original post)

Sat May 21, 2016, 01:54 PM

May 2016

from Tuesday on the table being counted. In 2008 it took several days to finish the Merkley vs Smith count as it was very close.

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