Re: Optical-scan equipment problems in California

[Paul Walmsley <paul@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004, Paul Walmsley wrote:

> Unless we test that the optical-scan machines are working the way
> they're supposed to -- by hand-counting a statistically-significant
> sample of the live paper ballots -- we could end up with election
> results that are as badly flawed as those from a faulty DRE election.

[And of course, we could still end up with problems with the election that 
are not related to the counting system, as Al and others have 
mentioned...]


- Paul