The Granite State Delivers Rock-Solid Information on Hand Counting

[kster]

The Granite State Delivers Rock-Solid Information on Hand Counting

by Nancy Tobi

New Hampshire Shares Hand Counting Method for Counting Votes


Now available from the Granite state, rock-solid information on how to conduct
hand count elections! This article provides information about hand counting,
links to videos and a Counting the Votes Toolkit, and an analysis from a recently
released National Academies of
Science groundbreaking report on elections.


The Numbers Game

First, some numbers for those who think that their city or town is too large
to consider hand count voting. Consider this: in NH we are already counting
2-3-4 times the number of ballots compared to the national average of ballots
processed in any given polling place. In other words, it's not the
millions of voters in a state that matter, it's the thousands or hundreds in
a polling place. And the numbers show the whole
nation can do hand counting if they get the civic action component and the
procedures solidified.


So let's look at the numbers.

Here are some quick and dirty numbers from the national 2004 General
Election:

According to the EAC's 2004 Election Day Survey Analysis conducted by
Election Data Services, there were 165,877,537 registered voters in the country
and 121,862,353 ballots counted, at 133,754 polling places (as distinguished
from precincts).

This means that the average polling place in the nation has 1,240 registered
voters, and the average polling place counts 911 ballots.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_nancy_to_060804_the_granite_state_de.htm

[LiberalFighter]

1. At first it appears they were talking about counting votes by counting hands

But it is just counting paper ballots by hand.


I've been saying that paper ballots is probably sufficient in most polling places. The problem in some places is that they don't count or tabulate the votes at the polling places. They count them at a central location in the county. Which in my opinion is wrong and lends itself to easier vote fraud.

Paper ballots should be sufficient as long as the polling places are small (in number of registered voters).

[Land Shark]

2. good practical information from this organization

[kster]

5. It really doesn't seem all that hard

to hand count all the paper ballots.

This organization makes it sound very easy.

[livvy]

3. This is good. I remember reading this and watching the videos....

last summer. I didn't bookmark it then, but have now, so thanks for bringing it up again.

[In Truth We Trust]

4. K&R For HCPB's!!!