Manual recounts out in close elections (you guessed it, Florida)

http://www.ocala.com/article/20080721/news/213185086&tc=yahoo


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‘’If there’s a need for a recount, I think it’s important that we have something to recount,’’ Crist said last year as the state junked touch screen voting machines that did not leave paper records of individual votes.

But as the state heads into what is expected to be a record-setting year for voter turnout, Florida law does not allow for every ballot to be counted in case of a close election.

‘’There is not such a thing as a manual recount in Florida,’’ Florida Secretary of State Kurt Browning said. ‘’It is very dangerous to tell candidates that, yes, the law has a section that says ‘manual recount’ but we’re not going to look at those ballots.’’

The reason: Despite pleas from Browning, lawmakers have not authorized a full manual recount of all ballots in close elections.

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voting in the US in Nov. will be wild

Cuba's got more transparent elections then Florida.

There was (is) actually a law that forbids a manual handcount if a machine count has already been done.

It is just way to difficult to rig a hand counted vote when there are independent observers watching the count.