GAB: Partial Hand Recount in Waukesha County, Wisconsin Supreme Court Race

[jsamuel]

By "partial," I mean that some places across the state will have hand recounts. The GAB and the two candidates agreed to hand count those areas that used Optech Eagle machine vote tabulators.

GAB

The Government Accountability Board, represented by the Wisconsin Department of Justice, filed a legal action in Dane County Circuit Court Thursday to establish the ground rules for Optech Eagle tabulating equipment used in the statewide recount of votes in the Wisconsin Supreme Court election. Attorneys for the G.A.B. and the candidates reached a stipulated agreement to hand-count ballots in parts of 31 counties that use Optech Eagle scanners.

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/04/21/969066/-GAB:-Partial-Hand-Recount-in-Waukesha-County,-Wisconsin-Supreme-Court-Race

[shraby]

1. Actually they need a full hand recount of the whole state.

If hanky panky occurred, the tabulating equipment would have been taken into consideration and the places most apt to be hand counted would have been left alone..hanky panky only in the part that wouldn't have been apt to be hand counted. Therefore a deal would be reached to exclude the those areas and the GOP would have no sweat.

[jsamuel]

2. this deal is for parts of 31 counties

[nebenaube]

3. That sucks..

I don't think it was the scanners, I think they used the touch screens to flip votes...

[buddysmellgood]

4. I don't think we have touch screens here. There are a few for the disabled.

[nebenaube]

5. And they were used extensively due to a shortage of ballots n/t

[eowyn_of_rohan]

6. accidental shortage no doubt

:sarcasm: