Recount day

Karl Townsend · 2008-11-21T09:45:42+00:00

We recounted about 12,000 votes from 30 precincts yesterday. We had two teams of three and each team had an auditor to supervise. The procedure was to sort the votes from one precinct into piles, one sorting two watching. Then count the R votes by another judge while the other two watched. Then judge three counted the D votes while the other two watched. Finally the sort judge counted the other votes pile while other two watched. Then the auditor compared all totals to known values for election day. If there were any discrepancies we found the reason.First, comments on the voting equipment. Out of all the votes, I seen two that the machine didn't count that a human would. On one vote, the person had made a check by the dem., wrote NO and then filled in the box for the independent. On the second, an extremely dirty person had voted Rep.; the machine thought the heavy smudges was an over vote. The equipment was able to count circled names, checks for votes, light pencil marks, etc. Truly amazing. (It also showed me that we have way too few idiots here in rural MN, we need to import some kalifornians)Now, of course, observers were present. Eight workers in the room and an average of 15 -20 observers. We began the day by listening to objections by the lawyer from one group. The county attorney was called to receive the objections and decide.We then started. Yours truly was first sorting judge. Big mistake. I was immediately sited for not calling out the vote on each ballot. Again, all the attorneys did their thing and the ruling was this is not necessary. Started again, and very quickly your truly was sited for speeding. I slowed down, the objection was renewed. So, I ignored this one. Guess what, we got all the attorneys together and got a ruling on the appropriate speed. Also a ruling that the crowd could only talk to the auditor not the judges directly.OK, we started at 0800, and we finally got going good at 1000. Then this same side starts objecting to individual...

Recount day

Nov 21, 2008 42 Replies

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F. George McDuffee 17 years ago

----------- With an attitude like that I can see why the press and elite were down on him. Keep that up and pretty soon the taxpayers will start to believe that's their money.... Then where would we be?

Unka' George [George McDuffee]

------------------------------------------- He that will not apply new remedies, must expect new evils: for Time is the greatest innovator: and if Time, of course, alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end?

Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English philosopher, essayist, statesman. Essays, "Of Innovations" (1597-1625).

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Dick 'Tater 17 years ago

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Thanks Wes. That's interesting.

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Wes 17 years ago

I have a math text book that was well used when I became its 6th owner by buying it from the college book store. The teacher of the class and head of the math department told the class, why should I change the book, the subject matter hasn't changed in centuries. Some times tenure is a great thing. ;)

Wes

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