Replies

A “100% sample” doesn’t make sense as a concept. A sample is by definition not 100%. I digress.

A recount of all paper ballots without signature verification will not change the outcome, hence why the outcome...didn’t change (other than the 3k+ magical ballots found on those magical USB drives that are part of the “most secure election in US history”). GA’s mail-in ballot rejection rate is comically LOW; illegal paper ballots unquestionably exist (Sidney thinks at least 4,600). Simply sending fraudulent paper ballots through the system one more time is utterly pointless to anyone looking to conduct an honest, meaningful recount. But hey, everyone just shutup, because we did a recount!

Additionally, after reading a bunch about Dominion, part of the problem with it is no paper ballots are used. How then are votes cast on Dominion/Smartmatic systems recounted? They aren’t.

So, technically, is the SOS correct in saying all paper ballots were “recounted”? Yes.

But...

Were all votes cast via paper ballot? No.
Were all votes cast via paper ballot legal? No.
Were all paper ballots included in the recount verified as legal? No.

According to SOS’s definition of recount, it was achieved; according to common sense, the recount was nothing but a farce.

I wondering, did you vote in Georgia? I did. I made my choices and when done the system printed a paper ballot showing my selections and asked me to verify them. How can you say then that votes were not cast by paper ballot? It was the paper ballot that was run through the scanner and tabulating system. So yes, the votes were cast by paper ballot.

The law in Georgia stated that a risk limiting audit of the election system had to be performed. Statistical significant samples of the ballots were to be hand recounted. Instead of randomly selecting an appropriate sample, said to be 1.5 million of the printed paper ballots, the Secretary of State ordered all printed paper ballots to be hand counted to audit the voting system counts (the scanners and tabulators).

Signature verification is a different issue. Auditing the paper ballots with a hand recount was to audit the Dominion voting system. It had nothing to do with signature matching at all. If there had been software electronic "manipulation" of the vote totals done secretly by domestic and foreign parties, then the audit would have shown that.

Your post is why I continue to post on the subject. I don't believe that ignorance regarding our vote in Georgia is in our best interest, especially with the upcoming Senate runoffs. There simply is no profit in misinformation regardless of how innocent or hopeful it is.