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Random manual recounts are done on a statistically significant portion of paper ballots. Additionally, paper ballots allow for manual recounts in contested con
by philipn 11y ago
Random manual recounts are done on a statistically significant portion of paper ballots. Additionally, paper ballots allow for manual recounts in contested contests (e.g. a legal challenge).
E.g. see https://twitter.com/SFElections/status/534405668258594816 https://twitter.com/SFElections/status/534405668258594816 and https://twitter.com/SFElections/status/535541022915186688 https://twitter.com/SFElections/status/535541022915186688
- stonesixone 11y agoAnd here is a video of the random selection process for last week's election (the two tweets above are from last year): http://sfgov2.org/index.aspx?page=4938 http://sfgov2.org/index.aspx?page=4938 This took place this morning (Tuesday, November 10). I'm the lone member of the public who showed up and rolled the dice the first few times (5:15 into the upper video). :)
- ossreality 11y ago:) That's dorky, in the absolutely most awesome way. I don't know why I keep grinning at your post, it just seems really neat.