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The New DU. Reply #6: The fear is what happens to the votes afterwards
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magellan
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Sat Aug-12-06 10:39 PM
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| 6. The fear is what happens to the votes afterwards |
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The little card was a memory card. When it's full it's read into a tabulator, which uses a program to count the votes. You and I don't have access to the tabulator. It could be programmed properly. It could also be programmed to flip votes after a certain threshold is reached (for example).
That paper printout you saw is of no use if the miscounting is being done in the tabulator, because things can be set up to confirm the tabulator's results, even if they're wrong. Same goes for audits.
There's never an in depth look at the paper trail if there's no evidence to warrant it.
Trust the machines? I don't.
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