Prison sentences were handed down, but not before the software was uploaded onto the internet, now easily accessible on Github, a well-known and legal site used by coders to access and modify software.
For an article so chock full of hyperlinks, you would think there would be one in this sentence.
ePollbooks are used in every polling station in the USA and are connected to the internet. Volunteers sign voters into the polling station to double-check they are in the correct precinct and ensure they haven’t cast their paper ballot elsewhere.
What?! No, they absolutely aren’t. I signed a paper poll book this year, just like I’ve always done.
They are calling for an immediate hand recount in key precincts which, they say, should swiftly show that a number of these ballots never existed.
How do you hand recount a ballot that doesn’t physically exist?
Exactly. The nice thing about this is that recounting is actually a lot easier in this case than a regular recount. You don’t need to recount the whole state. You’re just trying to determine if there was some massive swing. A few randomly selected precincts would be more than sufficient.
For an article so chock full of hyperlinks, you would think there would be one in this sentence.
What?! No, they absolutely aren’t. I signed a paper poll book this year, just like I’ve always done.
How do you hand recount a ballot that doesn’t physically exist?
Most places use scanned ballots these days, or machines which print a vote receipt you leave in a box.
I’m sure some do, but the question wasn’t about them. The ones in my state certainly don’t.
i signed an ebook thing. and my ballot was printed on paper. maybe its not everywhere, but isnt it worth checking a few counties?
Exactly. The nice thing about this is that recounting is actually a lot easier in this case than a regular recount. You don’t need to recount the whole state. You’re just trying to determine if there was some massive swing. A few randomly selected precincts would be more than sufficient.