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Sequoia Vote Machine Can't Do Simple Arithmetic?

Posted by Zonk on from the lessee-nothin-into-nothin-carry-the-nothin dept.

whoever57 writes "Ed Felten is showing a scan of the summary from a Sequoia voting machine used in New Jersey. According to the paper record, the vote tallies don't add up — the total number of Republican ballots does not match the number of votes cast in the Republican primary and the total number of Democratic ballots does not match the number of votes cast in the Democratic primary. Felten has a number of discussions about the problems facing evoting, up to and including a semi-threatening email from Sequoia itself." Update: 03/20 23:30 GMT by J : Later today, Felten added an update in which he analyzes Sequoia's explanation. He has questions, comments, and a demand.

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  1. Re:Minor discrepancy...MAJOR problem. by ScreamingCactus · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Perhaps the error was on Mr. Felton's side... what method did he use to count the votes? And no, I am not defending Sequoia. Just considering the possibility.

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  2. Re:Minor discrepancy...MAJOR problem. by ScreamingCactus · · Score: 0, Redundant

    When I click the link, I keep getting:
    "Service Temporarily Unavailable
    The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later."

    So no, I didn't RTFA.

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