To expect results to be perfect so close to election day is
unrealistic; the canvass is exactly a time to ensure that the results
are correct and to double-check and cross-check. Election officials
rarely get praise, often vitriol like this, frequently due to
unrealistic expectations when we don't appropriately value the work
they do and we certainly don't fund it.
That being said, there is this story from last August about exactly
this Waukesha Clerk's election system contrasting the Clerk's security
concerns justifying her tabulation system's architecture and
allegations that her measures reduce observability and verifiability
of the process: http://www.jsonline.com/news/waukesha/100595954.html
So, I'd like to know more, as always.
best, Joe
On Thursday, April 7, 2011, Larry Levine <larrylevine@earthlink.net> wrote:
Lo and behold if the County Clerk in Waukeshaw County, Wisc. didn't find
7,582 lost ballots, all for Prosser. She's applying for the job of Secretary of
State in Florida. If people have no confidence in the electoral process it's not
because of the candidates and campaigns. It's because of screw ups by elections
officials.
Larry