Amid calls for recount, election experts ask: Why not audit the vote?

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Amid calls for recount, election experts ask: Why not audit the vote?

By Patrik Jonsson, Staff writer NOVEMBER 25, 2016

SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS: With Green Party candidate Jill Stein calling for a Midwest recount and the North Carolina governor refusing to concede, some experts say regularly auditing voting machines would provide safeguards and improve voter confidence.


ATLANTA — Green Party candidate Jill Stein has raised more than enough money for a recount in three critical Rust Belt states that narrowly handed Donald Trump the presidency amid what she called a “hack-riddled election.”

Meanwhile, unwilling to concede a loss in North Carolina, Republican Gov. Pat McCrory claims fraudulent votes gave his opponent, Attorney General Roy Cooper, the win on Election Day.

Both gambits are highly unlikely to sway the outcome, election experts say, given scant evidence to support the fraud claims.

The fact that candidates on different sides of the political divide are unwilling to accept the results shows how divisive the 2016 election was and that more could be done to elevate Americans' confidence in the electoral system. Some election experts say regularly auditing voting machines would both provide safeguards against emboldened hackers and improve voter peace of mind...


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[billymike]

1. is hope still audacious?

I don't know what to do with my bit of hope; it is so precious to me that I fear linking it to this recount biz. But you can't cite the results or the effects of previous recounts, because, kid, we are in a new dynamic. We wanted change, right? We got it. Maybe, just hoping, it's a slower change in-process, and we will end up with a president who was dirty-tricked out of her initial win.
Is anyone else newly cautious doling out the hope?

[red dog 1]

4. Helen Keller once said:

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement..Nothing can be done without hope and confidence."

[jodymarie aimee]

2. oh God Billy Mike

I am with you. I was my old self dancing and singing, now WI bans hand count, and I go back to crying. I have got to believe we will NEVER see him in the WH.

[billymike]

3. all women

who are my family or friend say that they "just don't see" him being inaugurated, no specifics, they say it's purely intuition.

[diane in sf]

6. I have the same feeling

[PunkinPi]

12. my 80 y/o mom, says the same thing. nt

[red dog 1]

5. "An audit that manually examines a random sample of the ballots

in a way that has a large chance of detecting and correcting incorrect results.
This is called a 'risk-limiting' audit.
If the reported winner of a contest really won, a risk-limiting audit generally needs to examine only a small fraction of the ballots.
But if the reported winner actually lost, a risk-limiting audit has a large chance of indicating that a full hand count is needed to set the record straight."
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028290706

(From: USA Today: Still Time for an Election Audit)

[ananda]

7. Good idea!

But will it happen ....

[Spitfire of ATJ]

8. The corporate media decides who wins on another thrilling episode of....

[TheFrenchRazor]

9. keep in mind, many of the PTB *don't want* the machines audited. nt

[liberalla]

10. i hope there's a growing groundswell for auditing the vote... come on people!

[Madam45for2923]

11. Yes!

[astral]

13. Auditing the voting machines?

Don't we all yet know they are ALL hackable and their hacks are untraceable?
#1 get rid of the voting machines.
#2 demand ID from voters, and if that is an issue, take some steps to ensure all voters can possess an ID.