One Organization Did The Math And It Seems The Numbers Behind Sen. Mitch McConnell's Reelection

[garybeck]

55. Every system is different but ----

what you're showing there appears to be a voter-verified paper audit trail. (VVPAT) It appears it came from a touch-screen voting machine.

it gives the appearance that the votes were cast properly, but that is 100% false.

that is because you have no idea what the machine actually did with your vote. if there was a bug in the vote counting software, or malicious code that changed people's votes, this VVPAT means NOTHING. In fact it gives a false sense of security where there is none.

the VVPAT has one specific use and value: IT CAN BE USED TO VEFIRY THAT THE ORIGINAL COUNT WAS CORRECT. In other words, after the election and original count is done, a human being can view the VVPATs, count manually, and compare that to the computer count. This can be done in a full recount, or in an audit, where a statistically significant number of ballots randomly are selected (either within a precinct, or certain precincts can be audited) and counted by hand (or possibly a 3-rd party scanner machine... questionable...) and compared to the computer count.

That is the only time the VVPAT provides any value. as a "receipt" to show the voter that their vote was cast correctly, it provides zero value because again we do not know what the computer actually did with your vote unless there is a recount or audit where these VVPATS are inspected.

Presumably, the VVPATs are stored somewhere and could be viewed, even today. there is supposedly a federal law that all presidental voting ballots must be stored for 22 years. However in a place that is as untrustworthy as we have, it is possible that by now even the VVPATs have been compromised.

A big question in my opinion now is whether Amy McGrath has looked at this stuff and whether she cares enough to investigate.