if Kucinich has a recount, how do they follow a paper trail from Diebold machines?

greenman3610

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Sat Jan-12-08 07:15 PM
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if Kucinich has a recount, how do they follow a paper trail from Diebold machines?

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catnhatnh

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Sat Jan-12-08 07:17 PM
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1. In New Hampshire all ballots are paper ballots.

In much of the state they are counted on optiscan machines.

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Kittycat

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Sat Jan-12-08 07:19 PM
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2. I saw paper ballots being inserted in to scanners on the news.

I'm assuming there is a trail in this case. At least in some, if not all areas.

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hedda_foil

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Sat Jan-12-08 07:19 PM
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3. The ballots are voter-marked paper ballots, and are easy to recount

New Hampshire does Not use DREs. There's a hand-marked paper ballot from every voter except blind voters who I believe had to option of using a phone option that creates a paper ballot from their selections..

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DJ13

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Sat Jan-12-08 07:20 PM
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4. Have you ever used an optical ballot?

Theres little circles you fill in with a pencil that the scanner reads.

Those circles show exactly who the vote was supposed to be for.

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greenman3610

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Sat Jan-12-08 07:58 PM
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5. I heard several times that some districts used Diebold machines, and that

was the reason for not trusting the result. I had understood that
one problem with Diebold was lack of paper trail.
guess I am behind.

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maxanne

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Sat Jan-12-08 08:17 PM
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7. NH uses

Only opti-scan machines. Some are made by Diebold. We do not have any touch screen machines.

NH law calls for paper ballots to be used in all elections.

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rox63

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Sat Jan-12-08 08:14 PM
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6. The Diebold DREs have no paper trail, the scanners do have paper ballots n/t

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