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I'm very suspicious of Georgia recount having found supposedly about 5000 uncounted ballots which (Original Post) triron Nov 2020 OP
favored, but not overwhelmingly. Biden's final lead still more than 13,000 hlthe2b Nov 2020 #1
Based on recent developments, I think the SoS is running a legit count. Progressive Jones Nov 2020 #2
try 2500 with a net gain of 800 for Trump. sunonmars Nov 2020 #3
That came out yesterday. This is an update to that. triron Nov 2020 #4
yup still_one Nov 2020 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author miss-nasty Nov 2020 #5
This is what you mean and it gained very little also sunonmars Nov 2020 #6
It's not suspicious to anyone else that all errors favored Trump? triron Nov 2020 #11
Not really. Republicans are generally speaking incompetent at everything. Statistical Nov 2020 #14
Could be the problem. triron Nov 2020 #16
By design, btw. joshcryer Nov 2020 #19
They need to fix the issue of forgetting to transfer votes from a memory card. LisaL Nov 2020 #20
It was an easy explanation Bev54 Nov 2020 #7
Yup and apparently not changing the outcome at all. sunonmars Nov 2020 #8
No not at all and I understand this is not unusual Bev54 Nov 2020 #10
This Is Not Surprising Or Concerning sfstaxprep Nov 2020 #12
Well, run off might end up being even closer. LisaL Nov 2020 #18
They Said There Were 2 Boxes Of Ballots That Were Missed In Initial Count sfstaxprep Nov 2020 #22
Updated Chevy Chase catchphrase: "President Donald J. Trump has still lost the 2020 election." Yavin4 Nov 2020 #13
This audit/recount is a good thing at the end of the day Politicub Nov 2020 #15
Two counties apparently found extra votes for supposedly exact same reason-forgot to transfer LisaL Nov 2020 #17
Human error in Red districts can not be blamed on "partisan" Democratic election officials Tom Rinaldo Nov 2020 #21

Response to sunonmars (Reply #3)

sunonmars

(8,656 posts)
6. This is what you mean and it gained very little also
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 12:15 PM
Nov 2020
https://wdef.com/2020/11/17/georgia-recount-uncounted-votes-found/

On Tuesday, the recount found another 2755 votes that were originally uncounted from a single memory card in Fayette County.

The votes were scanned from a card, but not uploaded properly. The original record remains.

Of those, 1,577 go for President Donald Trump, and 1,128 for Joe Biden.. a pickup of another 449 votes for the President.

And Gabriel Sterling from the Secretary’s office says they are also investigating more possible uncounted votes in a third county.

Those just involve 224 votes in Walton County from a memory card, but has not been confirmed yet.

The office reports that the other 110 counties to have finished their recounts won’t change the outcome much at all. Here is that breakdown.

57 counties had no deviations from their original ballot count
21 counties were either plus or minus one off the original ballot count
32 counties are off by single digit numbers and are being investigated
In our area, Murray County had no changes.

Catoosa County had one more for President Trump

Whitfield reported a net swing of 33 for President Trump.

Going into the recount, Joe Biden led Donald Trump by about 14,000 votes.

Now, with the new Floyd and Fayette numbers, the Biden lead is down to 12,929 votes.

Officials say the recount should be finished by tomorrow.

triron

(22,020 posts)
11. It's not suspicious to anyone else that all errors favored Trump?
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 12:30 PM
Nov 2020

None of the blue counties reported changes.

Statistical

(19,264 posts)
14. Not really. Republicans are generally speaking incompetent at everything.
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 01:20 PM
Nov 2020

The two counties are heavily read leaning. If you have an undercount (due to negligence, poor training, mistakes) the undercount is going to split roughly the same as the overall vote. The counties were 60%/40% favoring Trump and in the recount the missing ballots were roughly 60%/40% for Trump.

joshcryer

(62,276 posts)
19. By design, btw.
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 01:32 PM
Nov 2020

They favor incompetence in their decision making, policy making, appointments, and just overall as a people.

LisaL

(44,974 posts)
20. They need to fix the issue of forgetting to transfer votes from a memory card.
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 01:34 PM
Nov 2020

They will have run off where margins could be even smaller for all we know.
It will totally not look good if extra votes end up flipping the election.

Bev54

(10,072 posts)
7. It was an easy explanation
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 12:15 PM
Nov 2020

they were on a thumb drive which someone did not properly upload and was found when the numbers were not matching so you go back to look at why.

Bev54

(10,072 posts)
10. No not at all and I understand this is not unusual
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 12:20 PM
Nov 2020

that is why they do audits. I completely understand, if the number of voters does not match the vote count, then go back and find your difference. No different than balancing cash. Happens all the time and is usually human error. The same in MI and they will do their audit to balance as well.

sfstaxprep

(9,998 posts)
12. This Is Not Surprising Or Concerning
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 01:14 PM
Nov 2020

If the difference had been 1,000 or even a couple of Thousand, something like this is why Recounts are important, and can swing the results in a close race. Mistakes happen. But 14,000 Vote mistakes don't.

Which is why it keeps being said, this is Not Florida 2000.

LisaL

(44,974 posts)
18. Well, run off might end up being even closer.
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 01:32 PM
Nov 2020

They better figure out what went wrong and make sure to not do it again.

sfstaxprep

(9,998 posts)
22. They Said There Were 2 Boxes Of Ballots That Were Missed In Initial Count
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 05:11 PM
Nov 2020

They say this is the type of mistake that happens from time to time. Just human error, can't really predict when or where it will occur, but it was Not Fraud, and that's the important thing.

Yavin4

(35,446 posts)
13. Updated Chevy Chase catchphrase: "President Donald J. Trump has still lost the 2020 election."
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 01:17 PM
Nov 2020

Good night and have a pleasant tomorrow.

Politicub

(12,165 posts)
15. This audit/recount is a good thing at the end of the day
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 01:24 PM
Nov 2020

I was opposed to it originally. Until I learned that it can be a way to validate the new voting machines — that the state acquired this year — are recording votes correctly. And so far, it seems that they are.

The old system did not leave any kind of paper trail.

The uncounted votes are from red counties. It’s no surprise that the majority are for Trump.

LisaL

(44,974 posts)
17. Two counties apparently found extra votes for supposedly exact same reason-forgot to transfer
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 01:31 PM
Nov 2020

those votes from a memory stick.
Yes, I find that a little iffy, but since it doesn't change the outcome, I hope next time they have an election (which would be very soon-run off) they correct this issue so it doesn't happen again.

Tom Rinaldo

(22,913 posts)
21. Human error in Red districts can not be blamed on "partisan" Democratic election officials
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 01:43 PM
Nov 2020

Human errors happen of course, and these ones can't be blamed on any Democratic conspiracy, nor do they materially change the ultimate outcome, which will still have Biden winning by 5 digits.

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