AR: Audit reveals human error caused election debacle

[Wilms]

And they all lived happily ever-after. :grr:

Audit reveals human error caused election debacle

By RACHEL PARKER DICKERSON

An audit of the May 20 primary election revealed that human error caused an incorrect outcome in the unofficial results announced election night in the District 45 race. ("Revealed"? I'd say "allegedly revealed")

Also, Bruce Haggard has resigned as chairman of the Faulkner County Election Commission for reasons he said was unrelated to the election. Next sentence is a variation on fall guy needs time with the family.

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According to a press release from the Faulkner County Clerk's office, a programming error caused inaccuracies in the results reported on election night. An audit was conducted by an Election Systems and Software technical expert who flew in to determine what happened and how such errors can be avoided in the future, the press release said. Two representatives from the Arkansas Secretary of State's office also attended the audit. Oh good. ES&S to the rescue. They'll tell us what we did wrong!

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As previously reported, the District 45 race was left off the two machines at the East Cadron B polling site, but the error was discovered before the poll opened, and voters received paper ballots.

The press release states, "However, when tabulating the votes on election night, the votes from East Cadron B should have been added to the report using a slightly different procedure than from all other electronic ballots, since the District 45 race was missing. Not following the right procedure resulted in having the wrong totals for District 45 at that poll, an error which was caught upon recount and confirmed by examining paper trail on the voting machines. Analysis showed that the errors were human and that they could have been caught by more careful proofreading both in the testing processes that are recommended by ES&S and by more thorough election night checks. Anyone who has any idea what that all means should, by all means, share with the rest of the group.

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Haggard said in the press release, "I am convinced that electronic voting machines are more fraud proof, more accurate, more convenient, and a big improvement over the older ballot systems. However, all systems of voting require a great deal of oversight, proofreading and testing in order to deserve the public trust." :eyes:

more laughs

http://www.thecabin.net/stories/061108/loc_0611080002.shtml

[kster]

1. We are so STUPID, we can not Hand Count our elections or run a Corporate counted

election? Us voters are a bunch of dumbasses. :eyes:

K&R

[Hekate]

2. We wuz so proud of them Afghanis with their ballot boxes carried on donkey-back...

...through the mountains and all. And them Eye-rakis with their purple fingers that showed they voted all democratically-like.

But how, oh HOW, did them folks ever count their durn paper ballots? Golly, how did they do it? :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm:

Pardon me while I :argh:

Hekate