[Tfug] Quick question about Python...

[Ronald Sutherland]

Py  :-), some day I'll vote, and it will be for ai.py

On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 5:00 PM, Jim March <1.jim.march at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 4:54 PM, Matt Jacob <m at mattjacob.com> wrote:
>
>> Andrew Ayre wrote:
>> > Why is it needed? What's wrong with writing an "X" on a piece of paper?
>> > Seems to work fine for some other countries.
>>
>> I'm wondering the same thing. Why is electronic voting better than
>> optical recognition ballots?
>>
>> Matt
>>
>
> Matt, optical scanning isn't perfect either.  You still have electronic
> processing of the paper at the precinct, and then processing again at the
> central tabulator.
>
> Arizona is one of the states where candidates aren't allowed to pay for a
> recount themselves if they smell a rat.  Full recounts can happen, but only
> if the race is ridiculously close (less than 1/10th of 1%).  And even then,
> it's a MACHINE recount, not a hand recount...
>
> They recently added a 2% hand audit, but that can be gamed...
>
> Jim
>
>
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