What happens when an post-election audit discovers a large discrepancy in a race that could reverse the election result? A recanvass, defined as a modified optical scanner recount. Possibly some machine problems might be mitigated by such a recanvass, yet if there were an error in memory card programming or an error in the software it is quite likely the same discrepancy would be repeated.
Tutorial information about Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) and associated concerns.
Could IRV (Instant Runoff Voting) avoid recounts? A slew of stories from Minnesota claim that recounts are a headache and that IRV is the cure.
Recounting Is Not A Problem – Its A Symptom Of Election Integrity in Minnesota
The right to vote… is the primary right
by which other rights are protected – Thomas Paine
Princeton Professor Andrew Appel hacks voting machine in 6 min and 51 sec for CNN host: <video> Anyone familiar with Connecticut’s Diebold AccuVote-OS would be able to beat that 6 min and 51 sec, especially if they had a copy of one of the keys for the machine (hint they are all the same key, [...]
