Re: Hand count or open source

[Mary Eberle <m.eberle@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I support computer counts backed up by statistical sampling and full 
hand counts if necessary, which is to say that I think we need to make 
our first goal to change the Colorado law that stands in the way of 
such a rational, modern approach.

Mary

Some Guy wrote:

> So after that rather bizarre digression, can we come back to this?
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> I think we only had four people say yes to hand counts. I guess everyone 
> else is more interested in fast and secret than accurate.
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> If we did agree that accurate was more important. I think that we might 
> want to present a hand counting methodology to the commissioners and 
> clerk that was actually workable, rather than gestalt tallies.
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> Is there anyone here that cares about that? About accurate elections? Or 
> shall we turn this discussion group into something else?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Some Guy [mailto:someguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 1:25 AM
> To: cvv-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: Hand count or open source
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> My guess is that this was a vote by Kell for handcounting. Or is it 
> arguementative?
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> I personally cannot support a computer tally at this point in time. But 
> I was just asking if list members supported hand counts or computer 
> counts. It was a simple question.
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