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Post #272,432
by Another Scott
11/6/06 4:44:46 PM
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New By itself, those won't be good enough either.
It's the tyranny of large numbers. It's unreasonable to expect that, even with such audits and paper receipts, that reproducible perfect counts that reflect the will of the people will always happen.

E.g. What about absentee ballots?

Requiring that the results have to differ by a reasonable margin when the sides are very close seems to me to be smart.

Cheers,
Scott.
Post #272,434
by Silverlock
11/6/06 4:53:59 PM
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New You need 'em as a basis for any system.
Pick a system. Without confidence in the votes being counted with some degree of accuracy, whatever system you use is going to be nothing but gas. Noisy, stinky and non-solid.
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     Let's do it again! - (Another Scott) - (7) - Nov. 6, 2006, 04:11:28 PM EST
         Without verifiable paper trail and auditable machines... - (Silverlock) - (4) - Nov. 6, 2006, 04:40:47 PM EST
             By itself, those won't be good enough either. - (Another Scott) - (1) - Nov. 6, 2006, 04:44:46 PM EST
                 You need 'em as a basis for any system. - (Silverlock) - Nov. 6, 2006, 04:53:59 PM EST
             Absolutely correct, and absolutely unworkable. - (hnick) - Nov. 6, 2006, 04:46:54 PM EST
             Why have machines? - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:34:35 AM EDT
         you forgot about the electoral college? - (boxley) - (1) - Nov. 6, 2006, 06:12:40 PM EST
             No, I haven't forgotten. - (Another Scott) - Nov. 6, 2006, 06:20:08 PM EST

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