florida recounts
i’m not sure how you hand-recount a touch-screen machine, but it seems that someone might have to figure out how to do it.
Fla. judge rules that ban on touchscreen hand recounts violates state law [ap via usa today, august 27, 2004]A state rule barring the 15 Florida counties with touchscreen voting from conducting manual recounts is at odds with state law, which requires hand recounts in some close elections, a judge ruled Friday.
i’m ok with the voting on paper and counting by hand approach to elections. i don’t think we need the results in minutes. i think we need the right results.