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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: KLP who wrote (3461)	11/26/2000 5:45:32 PM
From: Carolyn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6710

K, more to the point, the Democratic canvassing boards checked and approved these machines. Seems the Democrats have forgotten that little detail.

To: KLP who wrote (3461)	11/26/2000 6:43:44 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6710

Hi KLP, Wouldn't the voters in the County be able to sue the County for having FAULTY equipment on which to vote? I see no reason that the voters, as a class, could not initiate such an action. However, any such action would be moot as to the Nov. 7 election. I feel highly confident that the Canvassing Board of Palm Beach County will soon propose an election item for the funding of the replacement of the present equipment. Ironically, to be voted on present Votomatic equipment. <g> Who makes the choices of the machines every year? I would hazard a guess that absent controversies like the one at present, that the prudent county administrator would not be attempting to replace voting equipment any more than is absolutely necessary. IMHO, they waited one election cycle too long..... <g> And now that I think of it, wouldn't the citizens of the entire US be able to sue (class action so to speak) the FL county/counties that knowingly used faulty equipment? Conceivably, however I'd think that what would be requested would be a suit for specific remedy, i.e. replacement of faulty equipment and not a suit for other damages. In which case, such a suit would most likely act as a prod to the counties to take action. A course of action that I think we can all agree would be prudent. :) Are there any web sites showing the different manufactures of these machines, and which States and their counties used what machines?? I haven't located a website that addresses this on a national basis. However, the Florida situation is very well described in my prior post. Wonder how accurate all the other tallys were/are???? Generally, from my understanding, they are almost always accurate to approximately the standard of the optically scanned that I previously mentioned. That is to say somewhere between 3:1000 to 6:1000 undercounts to recorded votes. The results in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach are statistical outliers. Please take this with a grain of salt, I may be wrong about my understanding that 6:1000 would be the upper band of normal undercounts. I cannot locate sufficient statistical data at present. I look forward to Dr. Hengartner's testimony and the Republican rebuttal. It should provide much greater clarity on the issue within a week or so. WHO maintains the machines..... and WHO is responsible to see that they are maintained? County employees and the County Canvassing Boards. Best, Ray