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2016 Postmortem

ChetSinger

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12. A recount won't help. There are too many votes in the machines, not too few

Reply to Farmgirl1961 (Original post)

Wed Dec 7, 2016, 11:39 AM

Dec 2016

From Half of Detroit votes may be ineligible for recount

“It’s not good,” conceded Daniel Baxter, elections director for the city of Detroit.

He blamed the discrepancies on the city’s decade-old voting machines, saying 87 optical scanners broke on Election Day. Many jammed when voters fed ballots into scanners, which can result in erroneous vote counts if ballots are inserted multiple times. Poll workers are supposed to adjust counters to reflect a single vote but in many cases failed to do so, causing the discrepancies, Baxter said.

If they recount these votes the counts will drop, not rise. And Hillary will probably lose more votes than Trump. They might even be blamed for stuffing the ballot box on election day.

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Michigan officials admit majority of Detroit vote counting machines broke on Election Day [View all] Farmgirl1961 Dec 2016 OP

Sounds like vote suppression triron Dec 2016 #1

Sounds like election-fraud. Somebody call the FBI. No, seriously. DetlefK Dec 2016 #5

And tell the FBI that a blog makes a claim without even a direct quote jberryhill Dec 2016 #9

It's not suppression, read what actually happened Amishman Dec 2016 #11

That excuse is BS! Optical scanners "read" paper ballots! So can human eyes! napi21 Dec 2016 #2

Just my first thought also. pangaia Dec 2016 #3

Is there anything we can do to bring media t this in the mainstream media? n/t iluvtennis Dec 2016 #4

If so, is there anything that could be done with that? Ken Burch Dec 2016 #6

I just KNEW somewhere they would claim the machines are superior to the paper trail. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2016 #7

This is insane. How can the national media not cover this story? StevieM Dec 2016 #8

Should still be able to count the actual ballots. They know why the machine counts were off jmg257 Dec 2016 #10

A recount won't help. There are too many votes in the machines, not too few ChetSinger Dec 2016 #12

So what? Electing Hillary is not the primary purpose of the recount. ucrdem Dec 2016 #13