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To: KeepItSimple who wrote (37895)11/16/2000 2:34:39 PM
From: James Sinclair  Read Replies (1) of 436258
 
First, lets make it clear that neither machine counting or hand counting is a perfect solution in this matter. The problems with accuracy in punch card ballots are well documented. The National Bureau of Standards tested the equipment way back in 1988 and found it virtually impossible to obtain an accurate count. They recommended that the punch card systems be replaced, but communities faced with spending a money on new voting equipment that only gets used once/twice a year or spending it on police/fire/schools have chosen the latter. Every year they continue throwing out a significant percentage of the ballots that the machine can't read and crossing that it won't matter. This year they got caught.

The inaccuracy of the machine method of counting these ballots has been proved out in this very election. You run the cards through the machines twice and you get different numbers, by definition that is not an accurate system.

The concerns about the accuracy and legitimacy of hand count results are valid, but there are steps that can be taken to minimize these concerns. Nobody is going to be able to 'steal' this election by manipulating a hand count with a huge media hoard standing over their shoulders watching their every move. Agree on a set of guidelines for what will and what won't count as a vote, apply those guidelines to all 67 Florida counties so their is no bias in the county selection, make sure a member of each party is included in each counting team, and let the chips fall where they may.

Governor Bush said on television last night that all of the voters in Florida had already had their votes counted twice. All of the ballots may have been run through a machine, but that doesn't mean the vote has been counted. If a hand count can increase the number of ballots that are included in the final result, then it should be conducted.
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