All Ohio counties facing presidential vote recount

[lovuian]

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041208/NEWS01/412080400/1056

All Ohio counties facing presidential vote recount

By Cindi Andrews
Enquirer staff writer

Southwest Ohio election officials are gearing up for a costly recount of the presidential vote, although only Hamilton County has received a request so far.

Libertarian presidential candidate Michael Badnarik and Green Party presidential candidate David Cobb said Tuesday that they have mailed requests to all 88 counties. They must pay the counties $10 per precinct, or $113,600 statewide, but Secretary of State Ken Blackwell estimates the recount will cost $1.5 million

A recount requires election officials to count 3 percent of ballots both by hand and by machine. If the results agree, all ballots are then recounted by machine. If the results don't agree, all ballots must be counted by hand.

A 100 percent hand count could take two weeks in Hamilton County, election director John Williams estimated, while a 3 percent recount might only take two days.

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Also the candidates have the right to inspect the ballots and there has to be equal observers from Libertarian Green and democrats

this is really going to be interesting!!!

[senegal1]

1. Woohoo! Get your seat belt on!

[KeireG]

2. Alright, this is excellent news....

So we'll know pretty soon if the results agree.

[Sideways]

3. Go Recount Go

We live in interesting times.

[Straight Shooter]

4. Damn the torpedos, full steam ahead with a 100 percent recount

I know TruthIsAll will say 3 percent is good enough because it presents a sufficient sampling, but let's leave no stone unturned as we search for creepy-crawly evidence of Repubs tampering with the vote in O-HI-O.

A big thank you to everyone who is making this possible.

edit: we live in very interesting times :toast:

[alittlelark]

5. But it is skewed to the $$ cost to state residents...

...and not supportive.



At least it exists.

[Richard D]

6. Tin foil hat time here

As I read this, I though . . . well, if the people making the vote counting machines knew this law, they could easily program them to count the first several whatever thousand votes accurately, then start to throw them to * after that. Probably a very simple thing to program. Wish i didn't think so much.

[Merlot]

8. The first several thousand votes might not be the ones counted

They should be pulled randomly.

I hope.

[Richard D]

9. But . . .

they would be the first several thousand through the machine, no matter what part of the pile they come from. I think that's what matters. But then I'm paranoid by nature. Hope I'm wrong.

[Merlot]

12. Oh I see what you're saying

Silly me, I thought we were counting paper ballots by hand. But they will be sending ballots through a machine to be counted. Again.

Now you've got me worried.

[liberal43110]

7. Good Article!

Thanks for posting this. I especially found the information on the methodology interesting--have heard pieces and speculation, but not the full picture.

[lovuian]

11. Your Welcome I liked this article for the same reason

It finally shows Blackwell is in real trouble with a recount!!!

mainly because there are three parties Dems Greens And Libs going to see what the Repubs did!!!

[purduejake]

16. Thank gawd 3rd parties dragged dems into this recount.

[Stand and Fight]

10. Great Article.

Thanks for posting. Let's hope and pray people.

'Nuff said.

:kick:

[daleo]

13. It should still be a full hand recount

Leaving aside the issue of fraud, a full handcount and comparison with the machines will be a validity and reliability test of the technology, which is sorely needed in any case. The issue of cost is insincere - after all, the U.S. is supposed to be spending hundreds of billions to selflessly bring democracy to Iraq, so a few millions or tens of millions to assure democracy is on track in the homeland is hardly unreasonable.

[merwin]

14. Let me guess. Blackwell gets to choose which 3% to "hand count"

[lovuian]

15. If you read the article its nots Blackwells call its how the vote

counts correlate with the certified numbers if there is discrepency in some of them then they HAVE TO GO TO A RECOUNT BY HAND!!!

[Eurobabe]

17. count every FREAKING vote!!

100%, Total, Alles...

And why is does that official in Clermont Co. have his boxers in a twist? Afraid of being exposed?? Afraid that the Stark Co. rule was true after all?

[Moderator]

18. Duplicate

you can add your article to the older thread if you wish

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1053010