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Who is in charge of overlooking the electronic vote counting machines? nm (Original Post)
rhett o rick
Jul 2012
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Turbineguy
(37,343 posts)1. Don't worry
Last edited Fri Jul 13, 2012, 10:02 PM - Edit history (1)
it's a company owned by Bain. So we know the results will be accurate. Well, within a few years anyway.
eridani
(51,907 posts)2. Elections departments are responsible for audits
IMO, there needs to be much more handcount auditing. Frinstance, King County only audits countywide races, not LD or city contests. Kathleen Drew, candidate for SecState, actually understands that this is a problem, so I have some hope for her.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)3. I am very much worried about the governor race. Is there some way
citizens can "help" oversee the counting. Or getting an outside audit of some sort?
Will there be exit polls?
eridani
(51,907 posts)4. You can contact your local Dem organizations and volunteer to be an elections watcher
Explicitly ask to observe hand count audits. It's much harder to get volunteers now because this used to be a minimum wage paid position, and now is unpaid volunteer work.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)5. Thank you. I will do that. nm