Comments on: Tre Hargett’s Christmas Present

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:23:22 +0000

Bob, Mary wants the lawsuits to happen. She wants there to be doubt in the voting process. That’s how she can write a blog about a “real winner” of an election.

Mary, I can’t believe you have the nerve to call someone less of an American than you.

What did I tell you about people that talk about other people?

By: Mary Mancini

Mary Mancini — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:38:08 +0000

Let me get this straight, you would rather give up the ability to do a recount in a close election and therefore give up the ability to ascertain the real winner all for the sake of convenience? That’s not very American of you.

By: Mary Mancini

Mary Mancini — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:35:41 +0000

Bob, before we discuss paper ballots, please prove to me that one vote cast during an election on the machines we use now has been counted accurately.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:15:03 +0000

Mary,
I was on a Tn County Election Counting Board in 2008. We counted about 3000 paper ballots from absentee voters. It was a nightmare! About 5% of the ballots had voter errors where the Counting Board had to determine the voter intent. If you think the machine voting system is fraught with errors, just wait until the counties have to count paper ballots. Talk about the potenial for vote manipulation and voter error. It will be a disaster! Perhaps we can all throw out our cell phones and go back to using tin cans and strings as well.

The paper ballot crusade will lead to vote manipulation and an increase in lawsuits by a factor of 10. Until you have actually counted these ballots yourself, you should withhold your opinion and judgements.

By: Mary Mancini

Mary Mancini — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:30:44 +0000

We must always, as citizens engaged in a participatory democracy, be vigilant about election protection. Paper ballot elections are no exception.

That said, please prove to me that one vote cast during an election on the machines we use now has been counted accurately. Go ahead. Iâ€™ll wait.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:11:58 +0000

Let’s see. The Democrat controlled legislature approve and paid for new voting machines. The Democrat Secretary of State picked the companies that the counties could buy the machines from. The Democrat Coordinator of Election oversaw the whole process. Every county in Tennessee (all 95) which were controlled by Democrats decided which machines to buy and use. So now it is Tre Hargett’s fault that these machines are being used in elections? Wow! What insanity!

By: George

George — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:10:34 +0000

Why not do parallel testing at each election, and yearly hash coding to make sure the machines are legit.

Do you really want to use paper ballots?
Any worker with a pen can change votes on a paper ballot.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:43:13 +0000

I wonder, with a democratically controlled congress and White House, why can’t you blog about the great direction our country is headed?

Instead, you insist on talking about people.

Remember..

Small minds talk about people, average minds talk about events, great minds talk about ideas.

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