... Are YOU totally LOST on this issue??I see my mistake: you're talking about the “issue”; I went and read the actual law.
... A running count - of the number of physical ballots
- AND- the number of people who were checked in on the
Electronic Poll books.
THAT is what I mean by a "running count" - to ensure
that the same number of actual votes - matches the
number of people checked in.
And you make sure the count matches up correctly
before you sign off on it.
... See? ... That-way Fulton County and a few other
Precincts won't have those "counting problems" and
phantom tabulations and missing ballots like they
did last time.
##### Salty Originally Posted by Salty Again
The law only requires a hand count of the number of paper ballots to square that number with all the electronic tabulations. That count must be carried out by three people—all three counts and the electronic tabulations must match--and can only begin when all voting at a precinct polling location is complete.
As burdensome and prone to errors as Georgia's new system is, at least they will have the physical ballots to consult to rectify those errors, so the only harm should be delay. Yours seems to put the opportunity for error on steroids, especially since the running count would be ephemeral (don't know if you're skipping the final--break the seal on the ballot box--count) and nearly guarantees confusion and delay. Of course, that may be just the "issue" you hope to create, rather than rectify.
