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Edited on Fri Dec-10-04 10:24 AM by jmknapp
Not, that is, unless you can tell from the rest of the punch card that the ballot *could not* have been voted in the proper machine for the precinct where it's being counted.
That is a key point. I think forensics could tell a lot. Since downballot races differed between precincts, there may be punchs that uniquely identify the machine the card was punched on.
The prime example is "Disqualified." A punch in that column is a prima facie case that the card was punched on a different machine. In most precincts, the machine it was punched on will be obvious.
Then as I say the downballot races could be used to corroborate.
I have a feeling (hope) that this is going to be done eventually anyway, if not by Blackwell, then by independent organizations under FOIA, and the results should be interesting.
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