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Florida, when he gave them their paper ballot back. We can only ensure the results are true and not hacked, with a higher audit of the paper ballots, against the 'electronic totals' the state of Florida still certifies under the law. Crist gave them a 1-2% audit, allowing county supervisor's of elections to choose. Even the 2% still only verifies approximately 46-47% of the vote. It's a dog and pony show audit. AND, it's a POST certification audit, AFTER they announce a winner and the confetti falls, a week later to they do an audit. The audit is inadequate. The hero in this video went to DC and we all worked to push Rush Holt's federal bill HR 811 for a mandatory 3% audit for all states using electronics. This verifies approximately 70% of the vote, and does not cause a mandate for more staff. Federal mandates are hard to pass, if it cost the local governments money. A 3% will not do this, and verify more than half of the vote count, to be true.
Crist ALSO narrowed the provision for the Florida recount from 1% the state had for 100 years, to 1/2%...thus ensuring most will pay for their own recounts.
There is NO WILL at the state level to increase the audit. The law also states, while the state will certify the electronic totals, the ballots will be stored for recount purposes only. So the totals are no different than the touch screens the state had, when they had no paper trail. Now they have it, but they don't audit enough, to know if the electronic total is real.
County by county, will have to include in their charter, to raise the audit of their elections. Sarasota did this, via petition to get it on the ballot! It passed! And, you know what? They went for a 5% audit!
Then in 2010 a few state legs in that area tried to fight it after the election....and did not want them to really check it, and abide by the new charter amendment. It went all the way to the FLA Supreme Court. The indy SOE from Leon County that has helped them forever on this issue, testified for the county of Sarasota, explaining it all. The judge looked at the charter, said it was passed by the citizens of that county, and it stands. They had to count more ballots against electronics. Now, Sarasota usually swings republican. But they did it. They know their totals are weighted by their audit to more than half and the winner to be true. Now, we must get the democratic counties to do just this. With all of the hacking, why is this so hard to believe, and why would we not protect our vote? Again, thanks Charlie Crist for giving them their paper ballot back, and thanks for gutting all of the laws surrounding it.
Soooooo.... I sure hope you don't get bit in your own ass by your own paper ballot law.
When Florida got their paper ballot back, they got nothing!
So here's to the man in this video, Clint Curtis, a real fucking hero!
