Reply #71: thanks for the links. However, I'm still missing one. The one that

[KaliTracy]

states it is not a violation of the Voter Rights Act 42 U.S.C. 1973 and Section 1974 to alter such ballots. I'm still waiting for the link that states that a voter can change his/her Optiscan vote with a sticker rather than turn in the ballot and request another.

Your post above proves that putting stickers on ballots did happen in front of the recounters -- to the recounters' objections -- but this still does not explain why no one could give an explanation about what happened to Clermont county, and that the stickers in question were already in place. Surely, if it were a "voter request" this would have been noted, and given as an explanation - if that indeed was the reason behind it. But no one gave such information.

If the county officials in your posts decided to do this of their own volition, would you not agree that they are walking on thin ice in terms of the legality of this action? For -- this would be altering the ballot, which is a felony under the Voter Rights Act U.S.C. (1973 and Section 1974).

qwghlmian states: "I have not seen any indication that it is "against the law, period" to have stickers on optiscan ballots. If you have a cite for any such law, please provide it."

I think I have shown that "it is "against the law, period" to have stickers on optiscan ballots. The fact that the County Officials chose to do this does not prove that it was a legal thing to do.