Count the sign-ins, then see if they match the # of votes

[Chomskyite]

Why the hell isn't somebody calling for this in every state?

Will the sign-ins be released as part of the answer to Beverly Harris' FOIA request?

If we get evidence none of these match, then at least we have SOMETHING to go on for lawsuits. Of course, we have to hope to get a non-Bush judge, which is nearly impossible now.

[leftofthedial]

1. this is step one on the poll workers' poll closing checklist

The reports from Ohio and florida were that if the numbers didn't match, the workers sometimes just deleted votes from the machines. It is a real pain in the ass to troubleshoot.

[SoCalDem]

2. Before the election, I remember reading that not ALL polling places

were going to HAVE sign in.. It was to be done via computer..

Maybe I dreamt this, but I swear I read it somewhere.. The perfect storm..vapor voters casting vapor votes, counted by pre-rigged machines

[hughee99]

3. an excellent point...

but then you also need to look at how many people F'd up their ballots, or didn't vote for president. The # of sign-ins won't necessarily be the same as the total number of presidential votes, but it should be greater, not less than the number of votes. It would detect a "stuffing the ballot box" situation, but if the machines were incorrectly counting Kerry votes for *, as some suspect, then this method won't detect it.