tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9666124.post113511056071509160..comments2023-10-23T10:05:25.643-04:00Comments on Rick Sincere News and Thoughts: One, Two, ThreeRick Sincerehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02430047101172614629noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9666124.post-1135214983006581082005-12-21T20:29:00.000-05:002005-12-21T20:29:00.000-05:00RickWhy do you say that "Creigh Deeds would have b...Rick<BR/><BR/>Why do you say that "Creigh Deeds would have benefited from a ruling that all optical scan and marksense paper ballots be recounted by hand"?<BR/><BR/>More numbers would have changed, but not necessarily in favor of Deeds.Steve Minorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01852767318713696311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9666124.post-1135202796916352692005-12-21T17:06:00.000-05:002005-12-21T17:06:00.000-05:00My prediction, however, is that because the result...<I>My prediction, however, is that because the results of the electronic voting machines are secure and unchanging [...]</I><BR/><BR/>There's a big difference between "secure and unchanging" and "lacking contradictory or confirmational evidence". I could claim that I untied and re-tied my shoes four times while alone in my office today, but without any witnesses or detailed examination of my shoes or shoelaces, you have to take me on my word.<BR/><BR/>Rick: Did you examine the audit logs from the voting machines? Did you compare the software currently installed on the machines with any sort of reference version of the software? Did you check if the software had been altered or if the media on which the DRE stores its software had any errors? Did you see if any errors had occurred? Did you check the calibration of the screens to make sure they had recorded the votes correctly in the first place?<BR/><BR/>Or did you just re-copy the numbers you got the first time around onto a piece of paper the second time around? Do the numbers match only because you wrote the same number down twice?<BR/><BR/>JustinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com