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Random 1% error is easily dealt with. When the election is close they do a supervised recount.
by brlewis 19y ago
Random 1% error is easily dealt with. When the election is close they do a supervised recount.
- angryprofessor 19y agoThere are certainly no problems with supervised recounts. Look how well they go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_gubernatorial_election,_2004 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_gubernatorial_electi... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2004 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_elec... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_2000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_200... I'm not saying electronic is definately the way to go. I'm just saying that paper ballots also have big problems, and that one can protect reasonably well against pure software hacks.
- brlewis 19y agoYou've pointed out exactly why supervised recounts with paper ballots are so much better. You can look how well they go.