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11-08-2006, 09:22 AM #1
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It is my understanding that any ballot that had a write in has to be hand counted. Now how can those have POSSIBLY been counted already?
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11-08-2006, 09:54 AM #2
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Re: Question
Originally Posted by ohflyingone
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11-08-2006, 09:56 AM #3
Ohfly,
There are few write in names to count. Second, if the percentage between votes cast for candidates are large, the write in names don't make a difference in declaring an unofficial winner.
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11-08-2006, 09:57 AM #4
Easy. After the polls close, the poll workers of each voting district remove the tapes which have recorded the names of the write-ins. The election inspector reads the names aloud, with both majority and minority judge literally looking over her shoulder, while 2 clerks record the number of votes on tally forms. Those forms are then signed by all the poll worker's, sealed into what looks like a bank bag, and hand delivered to the department of elections by the inspector (usually by no later than 10 pm).
So, in a nutshell, the only thing the department of elections has to do is add the totals of each polling district to determine the final results. A task that would only take a few hours at most.
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11-08-2006, 09:59 AM #5
Good job greyparrot.
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