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MarjorieG

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Wed May-27-09 10:39 AM
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1. In NYS, we are trying to keep the levers and transparency. Optical scanners are also secret counts

and require we count all the paper ballots or enough of them. States are trying to determine just how many, though reluctant to count at all. Even creating law so they don't have to count. No wonder, because it's time-consuming and costly.

New York has a history and established law of no recounts, given the opportunity for fraud, yet we are about to lose our levers. Old, clunky, but the last best opportunity for a transparent election, with results known on election night.

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