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In this case, the failed machine, eyes of the person transcribing and mark they make are an additional three points for mistakes on each and every vote.
It is my understanding that the problems were limited to the check-in system, when the poll workers reverted to paper which is standard in many precincts in NC, and the uploading of the data from PCMCIA cards that weren't able to upload the data. When they had to upload the data manually, there was never just one person doing it.
There is a minute by minute description of events at this article:
At 10:00pm, when all but a small number of election day results had been received and uploaded to the State’s system, the Durham County Board of Elections bi-partisan team began the manual data entry and upload process for precinct 29 and the five early one stop voting sites whose PCMCIA cards had failed. The process began at this time at the direction of the State Board of Elections staff representative who was present. The bi-partisan team was made up of one Democrat and one Republican member of the Durham County Board of Elections and the interim Director of Elections for Durham County. The data entry process took place in the main board room under the supervision of the State Board of Elections staff representative, the Chairman of the Durham County Board of Elections and an Assistant Durham County Attorney. Various other observers also were present. The data entry process took approximately an hour and a half because there was data reflecting 94,159 votes that had to be manually entered and uploaded into the state’s computer system. When the data entry process was completed, an interim report showing the data that had been entered was run, and a spot check comparison of the data shown on that report and the data shown the result tapes for each of the tabulators in question was conducted by the State Board of Elections staff representative, a member of the Durham County Board of Elections staff, and the Chairman of the Durham County Board of Elections.
The Durham County Board of Elections acted in accordance with all applicable state and federal law in the course of this process. It has maintained continuous communication with the staff of the North Carolina State Board of Elections throughout this process, and has done its best to make this process transparent so that the citizens of Durham and the state of North Carolina can have confidence that the 2016 election administration process in Durham County was fair, impartial and bi-partisan. The Durham County Board of Elections welcomes any questions and comments as it moves forward with its canvassing process.
There are voter pacs that are more or less corrupt which essentially round up votes for which democrat candidates typically pay them. There was a coordinated write in for a local soil and water candidate that could have been legit fraud however Cooper was just part of their slate but it's not signifgant in the grand scheme.
They were essentially completing ballots for people kinda like the people that hand out sheets and just getting them to sign it. Basically a sloppy operation.
There are voter pacs that are more or less corrupt which essentially round up votes for which democrat candidates typically pay them. There was a coordinated write in for a local soil and water candidate that could have been legit fraud however Cooper was just part of their slate but it's not signifgant in the grand scheme.
They were essentially completing ballots for people kinda like the people that hand out sheets and just getting them to sign it. Basically a sloppy operation.
That's right! I remember now. They only got caught because they wrote in "Franklin Graham." I wonder how many that didn't write in that name got away with it?
I was wondering about Buncombe, too. I saw that it was marked "unofficial" earlier today and went to the Buncombe Co Board of Elections website and they had a meeting listed for today. That's gone now, though, and the results are back to being marked "official". Weird.
Now Bladen, Columbus, and Davidson are out. What is up with Columbus and Davidson? They were official earlier.
Bladen actually has two different protests before the State BOE about the absentee ballots. One was regarding the soil and water thing and one is for County Commissioner. Saw it online in the Bladen Journal.
I was wondering about Buncombe, too. I saw that it was marked "unofficial" earlier today and went to the Buncombe Co Board of Elections website and they had a meeting listed for today. That's gone now, though, and the results are back to being marked "official". Weird.
Now Bladen, Columbus, and Davidson are out. What is up with Columbus and Davidson? They were official earlier.
Bladen actually has two different protests before the State BOE about the absentee ballots. One was regarding the soil and water thing and one is for County Commissioner. Saw it online in the Bladen Journal.
Kenneth Register, Jr., a candidate for County Commissioner in District 3, contends he ”witnessed several software glitches as well as a memory stick being switched during early voting and Election Day”. Register also alleges that “Undetermined amounts of absentee ballots were forged and submitted by certain individuals and others from the same or similar organizations”. Register calls for a “re-vote” by all citizens in Bladen County
So they're using machines to count them now and need 3 days, but were able to copy each vote by hand the night of the election? How is that possible?
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