Few errors found in N.H. recount that Kucinich sought

[2rth2pwr]

http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/2008/01/few_errors_found_in_nh_recount.html
Posted by Sabrina Eaton January 22, 2008 11:14AM

The recount of Democratic primary votes in New Hampshire that Cleveland's Dennis Kucinich requested hasn't changed any candidate's voting percentage "by more than a few hundredths of a percentage point so far," the Nashua Telegraph newspaper reports today.

Kucinich paid $27,000 to recount about 40 percent of New Hampshire's Democratic ballots after Hillary Clinton polled disproportionately well in machine-counted parts of the state. According to the Telegraph, the partial vote count Kucinich paid for may be finished this week, after which he'll decide whether to pay approximately $40,000 more to recount the rest of the state's Democratic votes.

When the Democratic recount wraps up, Republican primary ballots will be recounted at the request of a little-known GOP candidate from Michigan, Albert Howard, who got just 44 votes.


"The hand recount seem to support local officials' confidence in AccuVote scanners, which tally the election-night votes from the paper ballots at most area precincts," the newspaper reported. "But they may not placate the concern of those who worry about the 'chain of custody' -- the security of the cardboard boxes that hold ballots between the time that polls close and the time that recounts start."

...The newspaper opined that Kucinich's recount "will answer some questions and put to rest some of the conspiracy theories being circulated. OK, it won't end all the conspiracy theories. Some people are impervious to facts. But it will show whether the 'irregularities' Kucinich and others think they have found are real."




The recount is worthless, all of these attempts are just for show. Where was the chain of custody controls?

[LisaM]

1. I think Kucinich chose the wrong battle

I'm just not sure why he did this. I certainly don't believe in the integrity of voting machines, but New Hampshire wasn't experiencing the problems that contribute to the major errors (long lines, old machines, not enough machines, huge inner city precincts that knocked voters off the rolls, etc.) He should have just donated that 27K to a voting rights organization. I really question his judgement on this one.

[papau]

2. "Some people are impervious to facts"?- custody chain needs improvement - and random audits should

be mandatory as in the Holt bill -

but The recount of 40% of the vote was not worthless - IMO

[Bitwit1234]

3. Gee THE OTHER GUYS candidates are strangely silent aren't they

after screaming bloody murder that Hillary fixed the vote...gee sour grapes all over again.