[heleny]

I didn't realize the error rate was so high for any system. Did they count abstentions as errors, since some people intentionally skip some questions?

If not, the error rate is hard to fathom. Two percent is like every other person when ballots have many offices/judges/propositions.

[farmfriend]

Well it amazed me that it didn't get more play in the press. But then if I ran newspapers...

[farmfriend]

http://www.aclunc.org/pressrel/010417-vote.html

The combined undervote and overvote, or error rate, averaged 2.23% for counties using pre-scored punch card machines - more than twice the error rate for any other type of machine or system used in other California counties, and nearly four times the error rate of Riverside County's touch-screen voting machines. The error rate in Los Angeles County was 2.7%, or four and a half times the rate for Riverside, at .59%. The number of overvotes and undervotes in Los Angeles county alone - 72,000 - is greater than the entire number of registered voters in 26 California counties.

[farmfriend]

Doing some research so that I can pull up articles next time I need this info. Found this:

Republicans to inspect impounded New Mexico ballots

Had forgotten about this. I thought I remembered NM being a close state.