Posted on 03/22/2007 6:06:27 AM PDT by lifelong_republican
"Trung Nguyen's attorneys focused on 124 so-called undervotes — electronically cast ballots on which no candidate was selected — saying that reviewing the paper audit could have shed light on the voters' intentions and whether the electronic recording of those ballots was flawed.
"It seems to defy all logic that someone would travel to the polls on election day and not vote…. These machines make mistakes — sometimes large mistakes," Schroeder said.
Rebecca Mercuri, a forensic computer scientist and expert on electronic voting, testified that clusters of undervotes are a sign of a potential flaw with the electronic vote that could be attributed to electrical glitches in transmission and tabulation or even a static charge coming off a voter's finger.
The paper trail isn't foolproof either. Mercuri said printer malfunctions could leave a voter's intent a mystery. But unlike the electronic vote, they could be challenged and scrutinized the way traditional paper ballots are.
"There is no way to know what 124 undervotes represent without looking" at the paper trail, she said..."
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
What office is this for ?
Orange County Board of Supervisors
OK, thanks.
"...there are plenty of undervotes in all elections..."
Historically, undervote rates in the USA have never varied beyond a range of 1-3%. Electronic 'voting' systems, however, have produced undervote rates many times higher than that, even up to 70-80%.
Based on who they “want” to win. But of course, the democrats know best.
Can the media, the MSM actually pretend to accept a statement like Schroeder’s saying “ It’s inconceivable that a person would not vote for some one, after taking all the trouble to go to the polls ...”
I’ve personally done that many times. Voted in 12 or 25 sections of the ballot, and skipped 5 or 6 issues or races where I had no information or no opinion in that office.
The electronics, however, have been found to increase the undervote rates, sometimes to as high as 70-80%.
Justify your numbers please with specific races and votes. With counts NOT from a democrat/socialist source.
The only way to prevent the Democrats or any other undesirables from manipulating elections is to make it as difficult and detectable as possible should they attempt to do so.
The electronics, in stark contrast, make it easier to do and easier to hide.
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