Report from Recount Observer, Lucas County, Ohio

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Report from Recount Observer, Lucas County, Ohio
Emailed report from Lucas County, Ohio, Recount Observer:
I was a witness for the testing of the optiscan machines on Tuesday the 14th.

What is puzzling to me, after the tests of the scanners were finished, the witnesses were not allowed to compare the hand count results to the printed results from the scanners. The ballots, the hand count sheets and the printed tapes were all taken away, to another room, out of sight of any witnesses and about 40 minutes later, the director comes out and tells us everything checks out.

We go to lunch and when we come back, we find ourselves waiting in the lobby. Why? we were waiting for diebold to reprogram the scanners. What? Didn't they just verify that everything was on the up and up? What is the need to reprogram the scanners?

Also, during the testing process, one precinct, Sylvania 3, continuously had the test ballots spit back out at least 3 times for approximately 50% of them. During the election, how many times did this occur and what poll worker is going to stand there and continuosly feed the scanner to get it to scan 1 ballot? Therefore, how many of the ballots were put in the spoiled pile that were really not spoiled?

Another thing that was very interesting was the two people that I was witnessing actually did not know how to run the scanner. Are they the type of people that were the normal who were overseeing the election? am I crazy? What is wrong with this picture?

After witnessing the fiasco of a test recount being conducted at the lucas county government center, I am definitely for scrapping this election and having a re- vote. There isn't any other way we are going to get a legitimate election.


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