silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoGeorgia Election Board Orders Hand-Counting of Ballots |Critics say the move could significantly delay the reporting of results in the battleground state and inject chaos into the post-election periodwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1260arrow-down17cross-posted to: nyt_gift_articles
arrow-up1253arrow-down1external-linkGeorgia Election Board Orders Hand-Counting of Ballots |Critics say the move could significantly delay the reporting of results in the battleground state and inject chaos into the post-election periodwww.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square67fedilinkcross-posted to: nyt_gift_articles
minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoYou trust random ass humans to be 100% honest in their counts? If machine counting says 50/50 and hand counting says 30/70, you’ve got an indicator of a problem. What is your control if it’s all human?
minus-squarebloodfart@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoUsually a hand count has several people count the ballot and if they disagree, an official gets called over to sort it out. It’s why forcing a recount is not a good strategy unless you actually think you can win on it or have control of the source of ballots. There’s too many people involved and the scale is too granular to make it possible to fake shit in a hand count without it being obvious.
You trust random ass humans to be 100% honest in their counts?
If machine counting says 50/50 and hand counting says 30/70, you’ve got an indicator of a problem. What is your control if it’s all human?
Usually a hand count has several people count the ballot and if they disagree, an official gets called over to sort it out.
It’s why forcing a recount is not a good strategy unless you actually think you can win on it or have control of the source of ballots.
There’s too many people involved and the scale is too granular to make it possible to fake shit in a hand count without it being obvious.