That wasn't Dave who said that, it was me.
My point was that what is it you're going to count by hand? The tape printed out by the machine I voted on? If I didn't hand-fill-out a ballot you've no way to know whether the ballots you're counting by hand match what I told the machine was my vote. From: election-methods-boun...@lists.electorama.com [mailto:election-methods-boun...@lists.electorama.com] On Behalf Of Michael Ossipoff Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 9:55 PM To: election-meth...@electorama.com Subject: [EM] Dave Ketchum: Handcounts Dave: You said: And that gets to why I think "hand counting" is no longer useful as "verification" - what is there to "hand count" when there are no paper ballots except those printed by the machines that we're auditing? [endquote] Handcounting was used even before there were voting machines! I kid you not. Mike Ossipoff
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