Re: HR 811 text?

On 2/6/07, Ron Crane <voting@lastland.net> wrote:
>
> Joseph Lorenzo Hall wrote:
> On 2/6/07, Ron Crane <voting@lastland.net> wrote:
>
> Sec.327 makes the entire audit scheme inapplicable when automatic recounts
> are required. Automatic recounts thus proceed under state law.
> 2(a)(2)(B)(iii) applies only "in the event of any inconsistencies or
> irregularities between" electronic tallies and hand tallies. But there won't
> be any hand tallies unless state law requires them. The "true and correct"
> language applies only when there have, in fact, been hand tallies.
>
> If, in fact, this language is intended to require state automatic recounts
> to be done by hand (as you imply), it must be changed to make that much more
> explicit.

You're right. The qualifier on the "true and correct" section leaves
this all in doubt. -Joe

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Joseph Lorenzo Hall
PhD Student, UC Berkeley, School of Information
<http://josephhall.org/>
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